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] Cancer stemness meets immunity: from mechanism to therapy

P Chen, WH Hsu, J Han, Y Xia, RA DePinho - Cell reports, 2021 - cell.com
Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are self-renewing cells that facilitate tumor initiation, promote
metastasis, and enhance cancer therapy resistance. Transcriptomic analyses across many …

Circadian regulator BMAL1:: CLOCK promotes cell proliferation in hepatocellular carcinoma by controlling apoptosis and cell cycle

M Qu, G Zhang, H Qu, A Vu, R Wu… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains a global health challenge whose incidence is
growing worldwide. Previous evidence strongly supported the notion that the circadian clock …

[HTML][HTML] The crosstalk between tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) and tumor cells and the corresponding targeted therapy

Z Ge, S Ding - Frontiers in oncology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Tumor microenvironment (TME) is composed of tumor cells and surrounding non-tumor
stromal cells, mainly including tumor associated macrophages (TAMs), endothelial cells …

Brain‐targeted HFn‐Cu‐rego nanoplatform for site‐specific delivery and manipulation of autophagy and cuproptosis in glioblastoma

W Jia, H Tian, J Jiang, L Zhou, L Li, M Luo, N Ding… - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Durable glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) management requires long‐term chemotherapy
after surgery to eliminate remaining cancerous tissues. Among chemotherapeutics …

Circadian rhythms, disease and chronotherapy

Y Lee, JM Field, A Sehgal - Journal of biological rhythms, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Circadian clocks are biological timing mechanisms that generate 24-h rhythms of physiology
and behavior, exemplified by cycles of sleep/wake, hormone release, and metabolism. The …

Kunitz-type protease inhibitor TFPI2 remodels stemness and immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment in glioblastoma

L Pang, M Dunterman, S Guo, F Khan, Y Liu… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Glioblastoma (GBM) tumors consist of multiple cell populations, including self-renewing
glioblastoma stem cells (GSCs) and immunosuppressive microglia. Here we identified …

[HTML][HTML] Exploration and functionalization of M1-macrophage extracellular vesicles for effective accumulation in glioblastoma and strong synergistic therapeutic effects

X Wang, H Ding, Z Li, Y Peng, H Tan, C Wang… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2022 - nature.com
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is a highly aggressive brain tumor with an extremely low
survival rate. New and effective approaches for treatment are therefore urgently needed …

[HTML][HTML] Circadian regulator CLOCK promotes tumor angiogenesis in glioblastoma

L Pang, M Dunterman, W Xuan, A Gonzalez, Y Lin… - Cell reports, 2023 - cell.com
Glioblastoma (GBM) is one of the most aggressive tumors in the adult central nervous
system. We previously revealed that circadian regulation of glioma stem cells (GSCs) affects …

Circadian regulator CLOCK drives immunosuppression in glioblastoma

W Xuan, WH Hsu, F Khan, M Dunterman, L Pang… - Cancer immunology …, 2022 - AACR
The symbiotic interactions between cancer stem cells and the tumor microenvironment
(TME) are critical for tumor progression. However, the molecular mechanism underlying this …