Basic Study
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2015.
World J Gastroenterol. Apr 7, 2015; 21(13): 3876-3887
Published online Apr 7, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i13.3876
Figure 7
Figure 7 Overview of the relationship between fucosylation and three types of cancer stem cell-like cells. Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are a limited fraction of cancer cells, which show asymmetric and slow growth, anti-cancer drug resistance, and sphere formation. CSC-like cells are differentiated from and have similar biologic characteristics of CSCs. Fucosylation is common type of glycosylation in the CSC-like phenotype of pancreatic cancer under various conditions.