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Cancer Stem Cells and Hepatocarcinoma Stem Cells
Shi-Guang Zhang, Yu Cheng, Ying-Tang Gao1, Zhi Du1, Li Chen*
College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071,China; 1The Third Center Hospital of Tianjin, Tianjin 300170, China
Abstract: According to the tumor stem cell theory， a small portion of cell population that has the stem cell characters plays a dominant role in the tumor generating and developing process. Tumor is an abnormal tissue which have infinite proliferation potential and come into being because of the accumulation of stem cell mutations. This theory brought up the acknowledge of tumor pathogenesis to a higher degree， thus attracted great attention of researchers. Hepatocarcinoma is a common malignant tumor in China， the mortality rate of which is the highest in the world， and its research work is of great importance in our fight against malignant tumor. This paper focuses on the current academic work both in cancer stem cells and its correlated aspects of the hepatocarcinoma stem cells.
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