Notch signaling pathway: architecture, disease, and therapeutics

B Zhou, W Lin, Y Long, Y Yang, H Zhang… - Signal transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
The NOTCH gene was identified approximately 110 years ago. Classical studies have
revealed that NOTCH signaling is an evolutionarily conserved pathway. NOTCH receptors …

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 …

Targeting cancer stem cell pathways for cancer therapy

L Yang, P Shi, G Zhao, J Xu, W Peng, J Zhang… - Signal transduction and …, 2020 - nature.com
Since cancer stem cells (CSCs) were first identified in leukemia in 1994, they have been
considered promising therapeutic targets for cancer therapy. These cells have self-renewal …

Brain cancer stem cells: resilience through adaptive plasticity and hierarchical heterogeneity

RC Gimple, K Yang, ME Halbert, S Agnihotri… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Malignant brain tumours are complex ecosystems containing neoplastic and stromal
components that generate adaptive and evolutionarily driven aberrant tissues in the central …

[HTML][HTML] Quiescent human glioblastoma cancer stem cells drive tumor initiation, expansion, and recurrence following chemotherapy

XP Xie, DR Laks, D Sun, M Ganbold, Z Wang… - Developmental cell, 2022 - cell.com
We test the hypothesis that glioblastoma harbors quiescent cancer stem cells that evade anti-
proliferative therapies. Functional characterization of spontaneous glioblastomas from …

The adaptive transition of glioblastoma stem cells and its implications on treatments

Z Wang, H Zhang, S Xu, Z Liu, Q Cheng - Signal transduction and …, 2021 - nature.com
Glioblastoma is the most malignant tumor occurring in the human central nervous system
with overall median survival time< 14.6 months. Current treatments such as chemotherapy …

Single-cell chromatin accessibility profiling of glioblastoma identifies an invasive cancer stem cell population associated with lower survival

P Guilhamon, C Chesnelong, MM Kushida, A Nikolic… - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Chromatin accessibility discriminates stem from mature cell populations, enabling the
identification of primitive stem-like cells in primary tumors, such as glioblastoma (GBM) …

The lipid rafts in cancer stem cell: a target to eradicate cancer

S Zhang, N Zhu, HF Li, J Gu, CJ Zhang, DF Liao… - Stem Cell Research & …, 2022 - Springer
Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are a subpopulation of cancer cells with stem cell properties that
sustain cancers, which may be responsible for cancer metastasis or recurrence. Lipid rafts …

WNT signaling as a therapeutic target for glioblastoma

M Latour, NG Her, S Kesari… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The WNT (Wingless/Integrated) signaling pathway is implicated in various stages of
glioblastoma, which is an aggressive brain tumor for which therapeutic options are limited …

Oncogenic and tumor-suppressive functions of NOTCH signaling in glioma

E Parmigiani, V Taylor, C Giachino - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Although the role of NOTCH signaling has been extensively studied in health and disease,
many questions still remain unresolved. Being crucial for tissue homeostasis, NOTCH …