Colorectal cancer: genetic abnormalities, tumor progression, tumor heterogeneity, clonal evolution and tumor-initiating cells

U Testa, E Pelosi, G Castelli - Medical Sciences, 2018 - mdpi.com
Colon cancer is the third most common cancer worldwide. Most colorectal cancer
occurrences are sporadic, not related to genetic predisposition or family history; however, 20 …

Cancer stem cells: A review from origin to therapeutic implications

MR Atashzar, R Baharlou, J Karami… - Journal of cellular …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Cancer stem cells (CSCs), also known as tumor‐initiating cells (TICs), are elucidated as
cells that can perpetuate themselves via autorestoration. These cells are highly resistant to …

CD133-directed CAR T cells for advanced metastasis malignancies: A phase I trial

Y Wang, M Chen, Z Wu, C Tong, H Dai, Y Guo… - …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Expressed by cancer stem cells of various epithelial cell origins, CD133 is an attractive
therapeutic target for cancers. Autologous chimeric antigen receptor-modified T-cell directed …

Neurogenesis in the embryonic and adult brain: same regulators, different roles

N Urbán, F Guillemot - Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Neurogenesis persists in adult mammals in specific brain areas, known as neurogenic
niches. Adult neurogenesis is highly dynamic and is modulated by multiple physiological …

CD133: beyond a cancer stem cell biomarker

A Barzegar Behrooz, A Syahir, S Ahmad - Journal of drug targeting, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract CD133 (prominin-1), a pentaspan membrane glycoprotein, is one of the most well-
characterized biomarkers used for the isolation of cancer stem cells (CSCs). The presence …

Self-organized formation of polarized cortical tissues from ESCs and its active manipulation by extrinsic signals

M Eiraku, K Watanabe, M Matsuo-Takasaki, M Kawada… - Cell stem cell, 2008 - cell.com
Here, we demonstrate self-organized formation of apico-basally polarized cortical tissues
from ESCs using an efficient three-dimensional aggregation culture (SFEBq culture). The …

The cell biology of neurogenesis

M Götz, WB Huttner - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2005 - nature.com
During the development of the mammalian central nervous system, neural stem cells and
their derivative progenitor cells generate neurons by asymmetric and symmetric divisions …

OSVZ progenitors of human and ferret neocortex are epithelial-like and expand by integrin signaling

SA Fietz, I Kelava, J Vogt, M Wilsch-Bräuninger… - Nature …, 2010 - nature.com
A major cause of the cerebral cortex expansion that occurred during evolution is the
increase in subventricular zone (SVZ) progenitors. We found that progenitors in the outer …

Targeting glioblastoma stem cells: a review on biomarkers, signal pathways and targeted therapy

X Tang, C Zuo, P Fang, G Liu, Y Qiu, Y Huang… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Glioblastoma (GBM) remains the most lethal and common primary brain tumor, even after
treatment with multiple therapies, such as surgical resection, chemotherapy, and radiation …

Neural stem cells confer unique pinwheel architecture to the ventricular surface in neurogenic regions of the adult brain

Z Mirzadeh, FT Merkle, M Soriano-Navarro… - Cell stem cell, 2008 - cell.com
Neural stem cells (NSCs, B1 cells) are retained in the walls of the adult lateral ventricles but,
unlike embryonic NSCs, are displaced from the ventricular zone (VZ) into the subventricular …