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题目:: Chemotherapy in heterogeneous cultures of cancer cells with interconversion.
作者:: Dilão(Rui)
状态:: 发布时间2014-11-28 , 更新时间 2014-11-28
期刊:: Phys Biol
摘要:: Recently, the interconversion between differentiated and stem-like cancer cells has been observed. Here, we model the in vitro growth of heterogeneous cell cultures in the presence of interconversion from differentiated cancer cells to cancer stem cells (CSCs), showing that, by targeting only CSC with cytotoxic agents, it is not always possible to eradicate cancer. We have determined the kinetic conditions under which cytotoxic agents in in vitro heterogeneous cultures of cancer cells eradicate cancer. In particular, we have shown that the chemotherapeutic elimination of in vitro cultures of heterogeneous cancer cells is effective only if it targets all cancer cell types, and if the induced death rates for the different subpopulations of cancer cell types are large enough. The quantitative results of the model are compared and validated with experimental data.
语言:: eng
DOI:: 10.1088/1478-3975/12/1/016002

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