The Ultimate Stem Cells Quiz

Embryonic stem cells are pluripotent while adult stem cells are multipotent

Embryonic and Adult

Embryonic and Adult

<p>Embryonic stem cells are pluripotent while adult stem cells are multipotent</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The ability of stem cells from one adult tissue to generate differentiated types of another tissue</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Plasticity</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Induced pluripotent stem cells</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Maintaining stem cell characteristics</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Plasticity</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Maintaining the stem cells in an undifferentiated state</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Ability to give rise to new tumors, expression of stem cell transcription factors, expression of CSC cell surface markers, high expression of ABC family transporters, ability to grow as spheroids</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Hematopoietic, Mesenchymal, Neuronal</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Ability to self-renew and generate new tumors</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Individual Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPS) Cells</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Self-renewal</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Cancer stem cells have the ability to self-renew and generate new tumors, while regular cancer cells do not</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Maintaining stem cell pluripotency and preventing differentiation</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They are capable of renewing themselves through cell division</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Expression of stem cell transcription factors, expression of CSC cell surface markers, high expression of ABC family transporters</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Spheroids express higher levels of CSC cell surface markers and have greater tumorigenic capacity</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>OCT3/4, NANOG, SOX2</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Critical for self-renewal in CSCs</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Ability to generate heterogeneous cancer cells</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Ability to give rise to new tumors in serial transplants</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The autonomous or tumor microenvironment can activate pathways to CSC self-renewal</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They better mimic the in vivo tumor microenvironment</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>More aggressive tumors have a greater number of CSCs</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Ensuring the safety of the stem cells</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Spheroids are more resistant to chemotherapy drugs</p> Signup and view all the answers