McDermott Will & Emery LLP
Method for identifying anti-cancer agents using an in vitro cell culture system that maintains cancer cell stemness
An in vitro co-culture system comprising cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) and cancer cells for producing and maintaining cancer stem cells and uses thereof for identifying agents capable of reducing cancer cell stemness. Also disclosed herein are a paracrine network through which CAFs facilitate production and/or maintenance of cancer stem cells and the use of components of such a paracrine network for prognosis purposes and for identifying cancer patients who are likely to respond to certain treatment.
NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY
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Pan-Chyr Huei-Wen Wan-Jiun
Yang Chen Chen