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Professor Christopher Heeschen, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
Wednesday 08 February 2017, 09:30-10:00
Intrinsic and extrinsic determinants of pancreatic cancer stem cells
- đ¤ Speaker: Professor Christopher Heeschen, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
- đ Date & Time: Wednesday 08 February 2017, 09:30 - 10:00
- đ Venue: Online
Abstract
Apart from functioning as a mechanical barrier and providing structural support for tumour growth and development, the tumour microenvironement (TME) mostly constitutes a dynamic heterogeneous cell compartment that provides an important niche for the embedded cancer (stem) cells. While it has been shown conclusively that cancer stem cells (CSC) bear cell-intrinsic stemness features, they are also a product of their relationship with the TME , promoting their aggressiveness including metastasis and drug resistance. Therefore, we are developing ex vivo 3D models that faithfully resemble the in vivo tumour biology and allow us to study CSC in a comprehensive TME .
Series This talk is part of the Three-dimensional cell culture: Innovations in tissue scaffolds and biomimetic systems series.
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