Cancer stem cells: advances in knowledge and implications for cancer therapy
X Chu, W Tian, J Ning, G **ao, 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 …
renewal and continuous proliferation, lead to tumorigenesis, metastasis, and maintain tumor …
Cancers make their own luck: theories of cancer origins
Cancer has been a leading cause of death for decades. This dismal statistic has increased
efforts to prevent the disease or to detect it early, when treatment is less invasive, relatively …
efforts to prevent the disease or to detect it early, when treatment is less invasive, relatively …
[HTML][HTML] An integrative model of cellular states, plasticity, and genetics for glioblastoma
Diverse genetic, epigenetic, and developmental programs drive glioblastoma, an incurable
and poorly understood tumor, but their precise characterization remains challenging. Here …
and poorly understood tumor, but their precise characterization remains challenging. Here …
Electrical and synaptic integration of glioma into neural circuits
HS Venkatesh, W Morishita, AC Geraghty, D Silverbush… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
High-grade gliomas are lethal brain cancers whose progression is robustly regulated by
neuronal activity. Activity-regulated release of growth factors promotes glioma growth, but …
neuronal activity. Activity-regulated release of growth factors promotes glioma growth, but …
[HTML][HTML] Interactions between cancer cells and immune cells drive transitions to mesenchymal-like states in glioblastoma
The mesenchymal subtype of glioblastoma is thought to be determined by both cancer cell-
intrinsic alterations and extrinsic cellular interactions, but remains poorly understood. Here …
intrinsic alterations and extrinsic cellular interactions, but remains poorly understood. Here …
Single-cell RNA-seq highlights intra-tumoral heterogeneity and malignant progression in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
J Peng, BF Sun, CY Chen, JY Zhou, YS Chen, H Chen… - Cell research, 2019 - nature.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is the most common type of pancreatic cancer
featured with high intra-tumoral heterogeneity and poor prognosis. To comprehensively …
featured with high intra-tumoral heterogeneity and poor prognosis. To comprehensively …
Integrating microarray-based spatial transcriptomics and single-cell RNA-seq reveals tissue architecture in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas
Single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) enables the systematic identification of cell
populations in a tissue, but characterizing their spatial organization remains challenging. We …
populations in a tissue, but characterizing their spatial organization remains challenging. We …
Single-cell RNA-seq reveals AML hierarchies relevant to disease progression and immunity
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a heterogeneous disease that resides within a complex
microenvironment, complicating efforts to understand how different cell types contribute to …
microenvironment, complicating efforts to understand how different cell types contribute to …
Spatial deconvolution of HER2-positive breast cancer delineates tumor-associated cell type interactions
In the past decades, transcriptomic studies have revolutionized cancer treatment and
diagnosis. However, tumor sequencing strategies typically result in loss of spatial …
diagnosis. However, tumor sequencing strategies typically result in loss of spatial …
Integrating genetic and non-genetic determinants of cancer evolution by single-cell multi-omics
Cancer represents an evolutionary process through which growing malignant populations
genetically diversify, leading to tumour progression, relapse and resistance to therapy. In …
genetically diversify, leading to tumour progression, relapse and resistance to therapy. In …