Chapter
Introduction to Brain Tumor Stem Cells
Abstract
From stem cells, to the cancer stem cell hypothesis and intratumoral heterogeneity, the following introductory chapter on brain tumor stem cells explores the history of normal and cancerous stem cells, and their implication in the current model of brain tumor development. The origins of stem cells date back to the 1960s, when they were first described as cells capable of self-renewal, extensive proliferation, and differentiation. Since then, …
Authors
Yelle N; Bakhshinyan D; Venugopal C; Singh SK
Book title
Brain Tumor Stem Cells
Series
Methods in Molecular Biology
Volume
1869
Pagination
pp. 1-9
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
2019
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4939-8805-1_1