Tumor microenvironment enriches the stemness features: the architectural event of therapy resistance and metastasis

P Nallasamy, RK Nimmakayala, S Parte, AC Are… - Molecular cancer, 2022 - Springer
Cancer divergence has many facets other than being considered a genetic term. It is a
tremendous challenge to understand the metastasis and therapy response in cancer …

3D tumor spheroids as in vitro models to mimic in vivo human solid tumors resistance to therapeutic drugs

AS Nunes, AS Barros, EC Costa… - Biotechnology and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Three‐dimensional cell culture models, such as spheroids, can be used in the process of the
development of new anticancer agents because they are able to closely mimic the main …

Cancer stem cells (CSCs) in drug resistance and their therapeutic implications in cancer treatment

LTH Phi, IN Sari, YG Yang, SH Lee, N Jun… - Stem cells …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Cancer stem cells (CSCs), also known as tumor‐initiating cells (TICs), are suggested to be
responsible for drug resistance and cancer relapse due in part to their ability to self‐renew …

A comprehensive analysis and anti-cancer activities of quercetin in ROS-mediated cancer and cancer stem cells

P Biswas, D Dey, PK Biswas, TI Rahaman… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) induce carcinogenesis by causing genetic mutations,
activating oncogenes, and increasing oxidative stress, all of which affect cell proliferation …

[HTML][HTML] Battling chemoresistance in cancer: root causes and strategies to uproot them

A Ramos, S Sadeghi, H Tabatabaeian - International journal of molecular …, 2021 - mdpi.com
With nearly 10 million deaths, cancer is the leading cause of mortality worldwide. Along with
major key parameters that control cancer treatment management, such as diagnosis …

Cancer stem cells: The root of tumor recurrence and metastases

C Peitzsch, A Tyutyunnykova, K Pantel… - Seminars in cancer …, 2017 - Elsevier
Metastatic tumors are the cause of more than 90% of cancer related deaths. Metastasis
formation can be considered as a culmination of the Darwinian evolutionary process within …

Cancer stem cell quiescence and plasticity as major challenges in cancer therapy

W Chen, J Dong, J Haiech, MC Kilhoffer… - Stem cells …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Cells with stem‐like properties, tumorigenic potential, and treatment‐resistant phenotypes
have been identified in many human malignancies. Based on the properties they share with …

Drug resistance in cancer therapy: the Pandora's Box of cancer stem cells

H Rezayatmand, M Razmkhah… - Stem cell research & …, 2022 - Springer
Drug resistance is the main culprit of failure in cancer therapy that may lead to cancer
relapse. This resistance mostly originates from rare, but impactful presence of cancer stem …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting Notch signalling pathway of cancer stem cells

V Venkatesh, R Nataraj, GS Thangaraj… - Stem cell …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cancer stem cells (CSCs) have been defined as cells within tumor that possess the capacity
to self-renew and to cause the heterogeneous lineages of cancer cells that comprise the …

Differences and similarities between cancer and somatic stem cells: therapeutic implications

F Rossi, H Noren, R Jove, V Beljanski… - Stem cell research & …, 2020 - Springer
Over the last decades, the cancer survival rate has increased due to personalized therapies,
the discovery of targeted therapeutics and novel biological agents, and the application of …