Drug Treatment of Cancer Cell Lines: A Way to Select for Cancer Stem Cells?
Tumors are generally composed of different cell types. In recent years, it has been shown that in many types of cancers a subset of cells show peculiar characteristics, such as the ability to induce tumors when engrafted into host animals, self-renew and being immortal, and give rise to a differenti...
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| author | Ilaria Chiodi Cristina Belgiovine Francesca Donà A. Ivana Scovassi Chiara Mondello |
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| description | Tumors are generally composed of different cell types. In recent years, it has been shown that in many types of cancers a subset of cells show peculiar characteristics, such as the ability to induce tumors when engrafted into host animals, self-renew and being immortal, and give rise to a differentiated progeny. These cells have been defined as cancer stem cells (CSCs) or tumor initiating cells. CSCs can be isolated both from tumor specimens and established cancer cell lines on the basis of their ability to exclude fluorescent dyes, express specific cell surface markers or grow in particular culture conditions. A key feature of CSCs is their resistance to chemotherapeutic agents, which could contribute to the remaining of residual cancer cells after therapeutic treatments. It has been shown that CSC-like cells can be isolated after drug treatment of cancer cell lines; in this review, we will describe the strategies so far applied to identify and isolate CSCs. Furthermore, we will discuss the possible use of these selected populations to investigate CSC biology and develop new anticancer drugs. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c1aa5401c7694d51b5f11b5d593d56262023-09-02T23:08:44ZengMDPI AGCancers2072-66942011-03-01311111112810.3390/cancers3011111Drug Treatment of Cancer Cell Lines: A Way to Select for Cancer Stem Cells?Ilaria ChiodiCristina BelgiovineFrancesca DonàA. Ivana ScovassiChiara MondelloTumors are generally composed of different cell types. In recent years, it has been shown that in many types of cancers a subset of cells show peculiar characteristics, such as the ability to induce tumors when engrafted into host animals, self-renew and being immortal, and give rise to a differentiated progeny. These cells have been defined as cancer stem cells (CSCs) or tumor initiating cells. CSCs can be isolated both from tumor specimens and established cancer cell lines on the basis of their ability to exclude fluorescent dyes, express specific cell surface markers or grow in particular culture conditions. A key feature of CSCs is their resistance to chemotherapeutic agents, which could contribute to the remaining of residual cancer cells after therapeutic treatments. It has been shown that CSC-like cells can be isolated after drug treatment of cancer cell lines; in this review, we will describe the strategies so far applied to identify and isolate CSCs. Furthermore, we will discuss the possible use of these selected populations to investigate CSC biology and develop new anticancer drugs.http://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/3/1/1111/cancerstem cellsdrug resistancechemotherapy |
| spellingShingle | Ilaria Chiodi Cristina Belgiovine Francesca Donà A. Ivana Scovassi Chiara Mondello Drug Treatment of Cancer Cell Lines: A Way to Select for Cancer Stem Cells? Cancers cancer stem cells drug resistance chemotherapy |
| title | Drug Treatment of Cancer Cell Lines: A Way to Select for Cancer Stem Cells? |
| title_full | Drug Treatment of Cancer Cell Lines: A Way to Select for Cancer Stem Cells? |
| title_fullStr | Drug Treatment of Cancer Cell Lines: A Way to Select for Cancer Stem Cells? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Drug Treatment of Cancer Cell Lines: A Way to Select for Cancer Stem Cells? |
| title_short | Drug Treatment of Cancer Cell Lines: A Way to Select for Cancer Stem Cells? |
| title_sort | drug treatment of cancer cell lines a way to select for cancer stem cells |
| topic | cancer stem cells drug resistance chemotherapy |
| url | http://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/3/1/1111/ |
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