Cancer stem cells : methods and protocols / edited by John S. Yu. — Dordrecht ; London : Humana, c2009. – (58.17/M592/v.568)

Contents

    Contents
    
    Preface
    Contributors
    1 Defining Cancer Stem Cells by Xenotransplantation in Zebrafish
    2 Analysis of Cancer Stem Cell Metastasis in Xenograft Animal Models
    3 Identification of Murine and Human Acute Myeloid Leukemia Stem Cells
    4 Methods for Analysis of Brain Tumor Stem Cell and Neural Stem Cell Self-Renewal
    5 Prospective Identification of Cancer Stem Cells with the Surface Antigen CD133
    6 Neurosphere Culture and Human Organotypic Model to Evaluate Brain Tumor Stem Cells
    7 Methodologies in Assaying Prostate Cancer Stem Cells
    8 Characterization of Nonmalignant and Malignant Prostatic Stem/Progenitor Cells by Hoechst Side Population Method
    9 Anchorage-Independent Growth of Prostate Cancer Stem Cells
    10 Identification of Human Pancreatic Cancer Stem Cells
    11 Cancer Stem Cells in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
    12 Pituitary Adenoma Stem Cells
    13 Genome-Wide DNA Methylation Profiling: The mDIP-Chip Technology
    14 The Contribution of Niche-Derived Factors to the Regulation of Cancer Cells
    15 Dendritic Cell Vaccines for Cancer Stem Cells
    16 Maintaining and Engineering Neural Stem Cells for Delivery of Genetically Encoded Therapy to Brain Tumors
    17 Measurement of Multiple Drug Resistance Transporter Activity in Putative Cancer Stem/Progenitor Cells
    Index