Journal
CELL STEM CELL
Volume 1, Issue 6, Pages 607-611Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2007.11.009
Keywords
-
Categories
Funding
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute Funding Source: Medline
- NCI NIH HHS [CA057621, R01 CA057621-10, R01 CA057621] Funding Source: Medline
Ask authors/readers for more resources
The existence of a stem cell niche, or physiological microenvironment, consisting of specialized cells that directly and indirectly participate in stem cell regulation has been verified for mammalian adult stem cells in the intestinal, neural, epidermal, and hernatopoietic systems. In light of these findings, it has been proposed that a cancer stem cell niche also exists and that interactions with this tumor niche may specify a self-renewing population of tumor cells. We discuss emerging data that support the idea of a veritable cancer stem cell niche and propose several models for the relationship between cancer cells and their niches.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available