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Therapeutic Effectiveness of Anticancer Phytochemicals on Cancer Stem Cells

Understanding how to target cancer stem cells (CSCs) may provide helpful insights for the development of therapeutic or preventive strategies against cancers. Dietary phytochemicals with anticancer properties are promising candidates and have selective impact on CSCs. This review summarizes the infl...

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Autores principales: Oh, Jisun, Hlatky, Lynn, Jeong, Yong-Seob, Kim, Dohoon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4963832/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27376325
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/toxins8070199
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Sumario:Understanding how to target cancer stem cells (CSCs) may provide helpful insights for the development of therapeutic or preventive strategies against cancers. Dietary phytochemicals with anticancer properties are promising candidates and have selective impact on CSCs. This review summarizes the influence of phytochemicals on heterogeneous cancer cell populations as well as on specific targeting of CSCs.