PRACTICAL ONCOLOGY JOURNAL ›› 2015, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (5): 458-461.doi: 10.11904/j.issn.1002-3070.2015.05.016

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Functional characteristic research progress of DCLK1 as a potential biomarker in cancer stem cells for gastrointestinal onalignancies

LV Fulian, GAO Xiang, JIN Aishun   

  1. Department of Immunology,Harbin Medical University,Harbin 150081,China
  • Received:2015-03-31 Online:2015-10-28 Published:2015-10-30

Abstract: The discovery and application of cancer stem cell markers have very important significance on tumor treatment and prevention.DCLK1 is discovered only in the cancer stem cell marker but not nomal stem cells for the first time.Some studies have shown that DCLK1 expression was detectded in gastrointestinal cancer,esophageal cancer,bile duct carcinoma and glioma.The expression of DCLK1 in tumor is closely related to tumor development,progression,and recurrenceand migration.Although DCLK1 remain to be known as cancer stem cell marker,it provides a new developing prospectives for tumor targeting specific treatment.

Key words: DCLK1, Neoplastic stem cells, Gastrointestinal tumor, Targeted therapy, Prognosis

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