Cancer stem cells in hepatocellular carcinoma—from origin to clinical implications

TKW Lee, XY Guan, S Ma - Nature reviews Gastroenterology & …, 2022 - nature.com
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is an aggressive disease with a poor clinical outcome. The
cancer stem cell (CSC) model states that tumour growth is powered by a subset of tumour …

[HTML][HTML] Applications of single-cell sequencing in cancer research: progress and perspectives

Y Lei, R Tang, J Xu, W Wang, B Zhang, J Liu… - Journal of hematology & …, 2021 - Springer
Single-cell sequencing, including genomics, transcriptomics, epigenomics, proteomics and
metabolomics sequencing, is a powerful tool to decipher the cellular and molecular …

Insights gained from single-cell analysis of immune cells in the tumor microenvironment

X Ren, L Zhang, Y Zhang, Z Li… - Annual review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Understanding tumor immune microenvironments is critical for identifying immune modifiers
of cancer progression and developing cancer immunotherapies. Recent applications of …

[HTML][HTML] Single-cell RNA sequencing shows the immunosuppressive landscape and tumor heterogeneity of HBV-associated hepatocellular carcinoma

DWH Ho, YM Tsui, LK Chan, KMF Sze, X Zhang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Interaction between tumor cells and immune cells in the tumor microenvironment is
important in cancer development. Immune cells interact with the tumor cells to shape this …

[HTML][HTML] High-throughput single-сell sequencing in cancer research

Q Jia, H Chu, Z Jin, H Long, B Zhu - Signal Transduction and Targeted …, 2022 - nature.com
With advances in sequencing and instrument technology, bioinformatics analysis is being
applied to batches of massive cells at single-cell resolution. High-throughput single-cell …

[HTML][HTML] Cellular heterogeneity and plasticity in liver cancer

LK Chan, YM Tsui, DWH Ho, IOL Ng - Seminars in cancer biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Hepatocarcinogenesis involves complex genetic and cellular dysregulations which drive the
formation of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the predominant form of primary liver cancer …

[HTML][HTML] Ephrin-A3/EphA2 axis regulates cellular metabolic plasticity to enhance cancer stemness in hypoxic hepatocellular carcinoma

A Husain, YT Chiu, KMF Sze, DWH Ho, YM Tsui… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background & Aims The highly proliferative nature of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)
frequently results in a hypoxic intratumoural microenvironment, which creates a therapeutic …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding the versatile roles and applications of EpCAM in cancers: from bench to bedside

Y Liu, Y Wang, S Sun, Z Chen, S Xiang, Z Ding… - … hematology & oncology, 2022 - Springer
Epithelial cell adhesion molecule (EpCAM) functions not only in physiological processes but
also participates in the development and progression of cancer. In recent decades …

Understanding tumour cell heterogeneity and its implication for immunotherapy in liver cancer using single-cell analysis

S Heinrich, AJ Craig, L Ma, B Heinrich, TF Greten… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Over the last decade, precision medicine and immunotherapeutic approaches have become
increasingly popular in oncology. Early clinical trials reported promising results, but …

Understanding initiation and progression of hepatocellular carcinoma through single cell sequencing

XY Li, Y Shen, L Zhang, X Guo, J Wu - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) …, 2022 - Elsevier
Unsatisfied clinical outcome drives to better understand hepatic carcinogenesis,
microenvironment and escape of immune surveillance in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) …