Stemming a tumor with a little miR

作者：Wicha Max S^*

来源：Nature Medicine, 2011, 17(2): 162-164.

DOI：10.1038/nm0211-162

A microRNA decreases the expression of the adhesion molecule CD44 in prostate cancer stem cells (CSCs), blocking tumor growth and metastasis in mice (pages 211-215). Systemic delivery of this negative regulator may open new avenues for targeting CSCs to halt cancer.

• 出版日期2011-2