Chemotherapy resistance in pancreatic cancer – potential role of cancer stem cells
A Renner, Y Zhao, I Ischenko, P Camaj, JW Ellwart, H Blum, KW Jauch, CJ Bruns · Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie · 2010 · Heft 08
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Aims: The presence of cancer stem cells in chemotherapy-resistant pancreatic cancer has not been analysed in depth. In the present study, we aimed to identify and characterize putative cancer stem cells (CSC) within human pancreatic cancer cell lines and chemotherapy-resistant variants. Methods: Pancreatic CSC were identified and characterized by flow cytometry, using Hoechst 33342 dye staining. CSC were isolated by high-speed flow cell sorting (MoFlo) and RNA was further analyzed by microarray hybridization, proteins by Western blotting. Isolated CSC as well as non-tumorigenic cancer cells were orthotopically x…