Cancer Stem Cells

Introduction to Cancer Stem Cells: Past, Present, and Future.- Surface Markers for the Identification of Cancer Stem Cells.- The Role of CD44 and Cancer Stem Cells.- Evaluation and Isolation of Cancer Stem Cells Using ALDH Activity Assay.- Isolation of Cancer Stem Cells by Side Population Method.- Self-Renewal and CSCs In Vitro Enrichment: Growth as Floating Spheres.- In Vitro Tumorigenic Assay: The Tumor Spheres Assay.- In Vitro Tumorigenic Assay: Colony Forming Assay for Cancer Stem Cells.- Xenograft as In Vivo Experimental Model.- How to Assess Drug Resistance in Cancer Stem Cells.- Tumor Tissue Analogs for Assessment of Radioresistance in Cancer Stem Cells.- Generation of In Vitro Model of Epithelial Mesenchymal Transition (EMT) Via the Expression of a Cytoplasmic Mutant Form of Promylocytic Leukemia Protein (PML).- Identification and Isolation of Cancer Stem Cells Using NANOG-EGFP Reporter System.- Determination of miRNAs from Cancer Stem Cells Using a Low Density Array Platform.- Assessing DNA Methylation in Cancer Stem Cells.- Histones Acetylation and Cancer Stem Cells (CSCs).- Immunohistochemistry for Cancer Stem Cells Detection: Principles and Methods.- Circulating Tumor Cells.