卵巢癌肿瘤干细胞研究进展

肿瘤干细胞(TSC)是指肿瘤组织中极少数具有干细胞特性的细胞,它们具有自我更新及分化潜能,是肿瘤形成、生长和转移的基础.目前肿瘤干细胞的研究受到越来越多的关注,并在多种组织和器官的肿瘤中证实了肿瘤干细胞的存在.本文对卵巢癌肿瘤干细胞的研究现状进行了综述,提出寻找新的卵巢癌干细胞分离及鉴定方法是目前卵巢癌干细胞研究的主要任务,有效的卵巢癌细胞原代培养方法可能是实现分离及鉴定卵巢癌干细胞及其靶向治疗的关键.

Progress in ovarian cancer stem cells research

Cancer stem cells are characterized by self-renewal and multi-differentiation potential, which play an important role in initiation, progression and metastasis of tumor. Interest in cancer stem cells is rapidly increasing, and the existence of such cells in various of tumors has been verified during recent years. The progress of ovarian cancer stem cells research is reviewed in this article, which suggests that better solutions on isolation and identification of ovarian cancer stem cells are critical tasks, and primary cells culture may play a key role in these issues.