The study by Guido Carpino, M.D., Ph.D., of the University of Rome and colleagues, found both normal and pathological gallbladders contained easily isolable cells with the phenotype and biological properties of
BTSCs.
The traditional Chinese medicine for promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis could upregulate TIMP1 mRNA to enhance the inhibitory effect of matrix metalloproteinase (MMPs) to inhibit invasion of BTSCs in vitro.
Wang, "The postoperative brain tumour stem cell (BTSC) niche and cancer recurrence," Advances in Therapy, vol.