The biological behavior of hepatocarcinoma stem cells in rats / 中华肝脏病杂志
Chinese Journal of Hepatology
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(12): 364-366, 2006.
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em Chinês
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ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVES</b>To study the biological behavior of hepatocarcinoma stem cells in rats.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Primary liver carcinomas were induced in rats using diethylnitrosamine. Tumor cells from 8 rats were separated according to rats oval cell (OVC) markers CD34, c-Kit, Thy-1, AFP, CK7, CK8, CK14, CK18, CK19 and GGT and then they were separately injected into the livers of nude mice. The tumors grown from the different subpopulation of OVC markers in the nude mice livers (10 OVC markers negative or positive cells) were weighted 1 month after the inoculations. The hepatocarcinoma cell subpopulations with higher ability in causing tumor growths were further studied in vitro. The cell cycles and DNA content of those subpopulation cells were investigated using flow cytometry.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>(1) Subpopulation cells with CK7(-), Thy-1(+) and AFP(+) markers had a higher ability in causing tumors in nude mice; (2) Subpopulation cells, exhibiting characters of TSC, had a low growth rate in vitro.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>(1) Different subpopulations of hepatocarcinoma cells had different abilities in causing tumors in rats. Some subpopulation cells, such as CK7(-), Thy-1(+) and AFP(+) cells, have characteristics of tumor stem cells. (2) The hepatocarcinoma stem cells may have a low growth rate in vitro.</p>
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Assunto principal:
Patologia
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Fisiologia
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Células-Tronco Neoplásicas
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Células Tumorais Cultivadas
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Alfa-Fetoproteínas
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Ciclo Celular
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Ratos Sprague-Dawley
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Quinases Ciclina-Dependentes
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Antígenos Thy-1
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Neoplasias Hepáticas Experimentais
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Animais
Idioma:
Chinês
Revista:
Chinese Journal of Hepatology
Ano de publicação:
2006
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