Yin-yang Balance Therapy on Regulating Cancer Stem Cells  

作　　者：许炜茹 林洪生 陈信义 张英 

机构地区：[1]Oncology department, Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences [2]Beijing University of Chinese Medicine

出　　处：《Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine》2011年第2期158-160,共3页中医杂志（英文版）

基　　金：supported by grants from the National Nature Science Foundation of China and No.2006BAI04A05 from the Eleventh Five-Year Program of the National Science and Technology Project (No.30772867)

摘　　要：Researches have shown that cancer stem cells, regulated by the niche where they reside, are the roots of oncogenesis, relapse and metastasis. To date, very few treatments have targeted on cancer stem cells. The authors study that the regulated factors in the niche share the characteristics of yin-yang in the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, which has confirmed its therapeutic effects in the prevention and treatment of cancer. So the authors presume that the mechanisms of traditional Chinese medicine on the prevention and treatment of cancer may be related to the yin-yang balance of the niche of cancer stem cells.Researches have shown that cancer stem cells, regulated by the niche where they reside, are the roots of oncogenesis, relapse and metastasis. To date, very few treatments have targeted on cancer stem cells. The authors study that the regulated factors in the niche share the characteristics of yin-yang in the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, which has confirmed its therapeutic effects in the prevention and treatment of cancer. So the authors presume that the mechanisms of traditional Chinese medicine on the prevention and treatment of cancer may be related to the yin-yang balance of the niche of cancer stem cells.

关 键 词：yin and yang traditional Chinese medicine cancer stem cells NICHE 

分 类 号：R730.5[医药卫生—肿瘤]