Tackling the cancer stem cells—what challenges do they pose?

DR Pattabiraman, RA Weinberg - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2014 - nature.com
Since their identification in 1994, cancer stem cells (CSCs) have been objects of intensive
study. Their properties and mechanisms of formation have become a major focus of current …

[HTML][HTML] Cancer stem cells: Role in tumor growth, recurrence, metastasis, and treatment resistance

JC Chang - Medicine, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are a class of pluripotent cells that have been observed in most
types of solid and hematologic cancers. CSCs have been shown in numerous cancer …

Cancer stem cells: a new framework for the design of tumor therapies

BK Garvalov, T Acker - Journal of Molecular Medicine, 2011 - Springer
Modern tumor therapy has achieved considerable progress, but many tumors remain
refractory to treatment or relapse following initial remission. Recent evidence points to one …

[HTML][HTML] Therapeutic strategies targeting cancer stem cells and their microenvironment

HR Sun, S Wang, SC Yan, Y Zhang, PJ Nelson… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Cancer stem cells (CSCs) have been demonstrated in a variety of tumors and are thought to
act as a clonogenic core for the genesis of new tumor growth. This small subpopulation of …

Cancer stem cells: basic concepts and therapeutic implications

D Nassar, C Blanpain - Annual Review of Pathology …, 2016 - annualreviews.org
Different mechanisms contribute to intratumor heterogeneity, including genetic mutations,
the microenvironment, and the existence of subpopulations of cancer cells with increased …

Cancer stem cells and cancer therapy

S Soltanian, MM Matin - Tumor Biology, 2011 - Springer
Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are a subpopulation of tumour cells that possess the stem cell
properties of self-renewal and differentiation. Stem cells might be the target cells responsible …

Therapeutic strategies targeting cancer stem cells

GJ Yoshida, H Saya - Cancer science, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Cancer stem cells (CSC s) are undifferentiated cancer cells with a high tumorigenic activity,
the ability to undergo self‐renewal, and a multilineage differentiation potential. Cancer stem …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting cancer stem cells and their niche: perspectives for future therapeutic targets and strategies

Y Zhao, Q Dong, J Li, K Zhang, J Qin, J Zhao… - Seminars in cancer …, 2018 - Elsevier
A small subpopulation of cells within the bulk of tumors share features with somatic stem
cells, in that, they are capable of self-renewal, they differentiate, and are highly resistant to …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] An evolving paradigm of cancer stem cell hierarchies: therapeutic implications

AJ Cole, AP Fayomi, VI Anyaeche, S Bai… - Theranostics, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Over a decade of research has confirmed the critical role of cancer stem-like cells (CSCs) in
tumor initiation, chemoresistance, and metastasis. Increasingly, CSC hierarchies have …