Targeting cancer stem cells for reversing therapy resistance: mechanism, signaling, and prospective agents

HM Zhou, JG Zhang, X Zhang, Q Li - Signal transduction and targeted …, 2021 - nature.com
Cancer stem cells (CSCs) show a self-renewal capacity and differentiation potential that
contribute to tumor progression and therapy resistance. However, the underlying processes …

Cancer stem cells—key players in tumor relapse

M Marzagalli, F Fontana, M Raimondi, P Limonta - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Cancer is one of the hardest pathologies to fight, being one of the main
causes of death worldwide despite the constant development of novel therapeutic strategies …

Regulation and signaling pathways in cancer stem cells: implications for targeted therapy for cancer

Z Zeng, M Fu, Y Hu, Y Wei, X Wei, M Luo - Molecular Cancer, 2023 - Springer
Cancer stem cells (CSCs), initially identified in leukemia in 1994, constitute a distinct subset
of tumor cells characterized by surface markers such as CD133, CD44, and ALDH. Their …

Cancer stem cells: advances in knowledge and implications for cancer therapy

X Chu, W Tian, J Ning, G Xiao, Y Zhou… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2024 - nature.com
Cancer stem cells (CSCs), a small subset of cells in tumors that are characterized by self-
renewal and continuous proliferation, lead to tumorigenesis, metastasis, and maintain tumor …

[HTML][HTML] Cancer stem cells: Road to therapeutic resistance and strategies to overcome resistance

MR Makena, A Ranjan, V Thirumala… - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2020 - Elsevier
Unlike other normal cells, a subpopulation of cells often termed as “stem cells” are long-lived
and generate cellular progeny throughout life. Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are rare immortal …

The cancer stem-cell signaling network and resistance to therapy

A Carnero, Y Garcia-Mayea, C Mir, J Lorente… - Cancer treatment …, 2016 - Elsevier
The study of cancer stem cells (CSCs) has shown that tumors are driven by a subpopulation
of self-renewing CSCs that retain the capacity to engender the various differentiated cell …

Drug resistance and Cancer stem cells

Y Li, Z Wang, JA Ajani, S Song - Cell Communication and Signaling, 2021 - Springer
Therapy resistance is a major problem when treating cancer patients as cancer cells
develop mechanisms that counteract the effect of therapeutic compounds, leading to fit and …

Targeting cancer stem cells in the clinic: Current status and perspectives

S Annett, T Robson - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2018 - Elsevier
Resistance to chemotherapy and cancer relapse are major clinical challenges attributed to a
sub population of cancer stem cells (CSCs). The concept of CSCs has been the subject of …

Cancer stem cells and chemoresistance: The smartest survives the raid

J Zhao - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2016 - Elsevier
Chemoresistant metastatic relapse of minimal residual disease plays a significant role for
poor prognosis of cancer. Growing evidence supports a critical role of cancer stem cell …

Meeting the challenge of targeting cancer stem cells

A Turdo, V Veschi, M Gaggianesi, A Chinnici… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Notwithstanding cancer patients benefit from a plethora of therapeutic alternatives, drug
resistance remains a critical hurdle. Indeed, the high mortality rate is associated with …