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Detection of Circulating Tumor Cells and Epithelial Progenitor Cells: A Comprehensive Study

  • Shivkanya Fuloria
  • , Vetriselvan Subramaniyan
  • , Gaurav Gupta
  • , Mahendran Sekar
  • , Dhanalekshmi Unnikrishnan Meenakshi
  • , Kathiresan Sathasivam
  • , Kalvatala Sudhakar
  • , Khalid Saad Alharbi
  • , Sultan Saadi Almutairi
  • , Waleed Hassan Almalki
  • , Neeraj Kumar Fuloria
  • Asian Institute of Medicine, Science & Technology
  • MAHSA University
  • Suresh Gyan Vihar University
  • Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences (Deemed to be University)
  • Uttaranchal University
  • Universiti Kuala Lumpur
  • National University of Science & Technology (by Merger of Caledonian College of Engineering and Oman Medical College)
  • Lovely Professional University
  • Al Jouf University
  • Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia
  • Umm Al-Qura University

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Abstract

Technological advancement to enhance tumor cells (TC) has allowed discovery of various cellular bio-markers: cancer stem cells (CSC), circulating tumor cells (CTC), and endothelial progenitor cells (EPC). These are re-sponsible for resistance, metastasis, and premetastatic conditions of cancer. Detection of CSC, CTC, and EPC assists in early diagnosis, recurrence prediction, and treatment efficacy. This review describes various methods to detect TC subpop-ulations such as in vivo assays (sphere-forming, serial dilution, and serial transplantation), in vitro assays (colony-forming cells, microsphere, side-population, surface antigen staining, aldehyde dehydrogenase activity, and Paul Karl Horan la-bel-retaining cells, surface markers, nonenriched and enriched detection), reporter systems, and other analytical methods (flow cytometry, fluorescence microscopy/spectroscopy, etc.). The detailed information on methods to detect CSC, CTC, and EPC in this review will assist investigators in successful prognosis, diagnosis, and cancer treatment with greater ease.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1-29
Number of pages29
JournalJournal of Environmental Pathology, Toxicology and Oncology
Volume42
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2023
Externally publishedYes

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

  • cancer stem cells
  • circulating tumor cells
  • detection
  • diagnosis
  • endothelial progenitor cells

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