Current literature on the definition and description of apoptosis is very confusing and erratic, due to voluminous studies in recent decades using cell cul... DJ Liao - 《Medical Hypotheses》 被引量: 44发表: 2005年 Preface to Special Topic: Plasmas for Medical Applications apoptosiscancercell cycl...
Scientists have been debating on the terminology and definition of apoptosis since this Greek word was first introduced by Kerr, et al1 in 1972 for describing spontaneous cell death in malignant hepatic tissue. Indeed, many forms of cell death previously called necrosis are now regarded as ...
However, the definition of CSCs is not clearly settled yet8, 10. Instead, several characteristic properties are raised: expression of particular genes16, chemo/radio-resistance17, 18, regeneration of tumors from a single cell19 and so on. In this article, we called the CD44v9 positive cells ...