| Literature DB >> 22409462 |
Shiyong Liu1, Chunqing Zhang, Haifeng Shu, Didier Wion, Hui Yang.
Abstract
The similarities between brain tumor stem cells and neural stem cells suggest a possible stem cell origin of tumorigenesis. Recently, cells with features of stem cells have been observed in lesions of adult and pediatric cortical dysplasia (CD). Given the evidence for a close relationship between CD and certain brain tumors, together with the finding that CD neural stem cells/progenitors are abnormally developed, we propose that CD is a possible substrate for brain tumors. The neural stem cells/progenitors in CD have accumulating abnormalities, and these abnormal stem/progenitor cells may be the initiating, transformed cells of brain tumors, when subsequently exposed to a carcinogen.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22409462 PMCID: PMC4788700 DOI: 10.2217/fon.12.6
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Future Oncol ISSN: 1479-6694 Impact factor: 3.404