Journal of International Oncology ›› 2013, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (3): 215-218.

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Separation of digestive system cancer stem cell

LI  Jing, QIAN  Jun   

  1. Department of Third Oncological Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu 233000, China

  • Online:2013-03-08 Published:2013-02-25
  • Contact: QIAN Jun, E-mail: qianjun215036@sina.com E-mail:qianjun215036@sina.com

Abstract: The separation of digestive system cancer stem cell (CSC) is the first step of the study of stem cell. At present, there are three methods of separation of the digestive system CSC: cell phenotype sorting, side population cell sorting and serum-free culture. The separation of digestive system CSC is based on these three methods or be improved to a higher proportion of CSC.

Key words: Digestive system neoplasms, Neoplastic stem cells, Cell separation