| Literature DB >> 31521746 |
Teresa Bernadette Steinbichler1, Dragana Savic2, József Dudás1, Irma Kvitsaridze2, Sergej Skvortsov2, Herbert Riechelmann1, Ira-Ida Skvortsova3.
Abstract
Cancer stem cells (CSC) possess abilities generally associated with embryonic or adult stem cells, especially self-renewal and differentiation, but also dormancy and cellular plasticity that allow adaption to new environmental circumstances. These abilities are ideal prerequisites for the successful establishment of metastasis. This review highlights the role of CSCs in every step of the metastatic cascade from cancer cell invasion into blood vessels, survival in the blood stream, attachment and extravasation as well as colonization of the host organ and subsequent establishment of distant macrometastasis.Entities:
Keywords: Angiogenesis; Dormancy; EMT; Invasion; Migration; Stem cell niche
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Year: 2019 PMID: 31521746 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2019.09.007
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Semin Cancer Biol ISSN: 1044-579X Impact factor: 15.707