Tumorigenic WAP-T mouse mammary carcinoma cells: a model for a self-reproducing homeostatic cancer cell system.

  • Florian Wegwitz
  • Mark-Andreas Kluth
  • Claudia Mänz
  • Benjamin Otto
  • Katharina Gruner
  • Christina Heinlein
  • Marion Kühl
  • Gabriele Warnecke
  • Udo Schumacher
  • Wolfgang Deppert
  • Genrich V Tolstonog

Abstract

In analogy to normal stem cell differentiation, the current cancer stem cell (CSC) model presumes a hierarchical organization and an irreversible differentiation in tumor tissue. Accordingly, CSCs should comprise only a small subset of the tumor cells, which feeds tumor growth. However, some recent findings raised doubts on the general applicability of the CSC model and asked for its refinement.

Bibliografische Daten

OriginalspracheDeutsch
Aufsatznummer8
ISSN1932-6203
DOIs
StatusVeröffentlicht - 2010
pubmed 20730114