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 …

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 …

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 …

Diversity and biology of cancer-associated fibroblasts

G Biffi, DA Tuveson - Physiological reviews, 2020 - journals.physiology.org
Efforts to develop anti-cancer therapies have largely focused on targeting the epithelial
compartment, despite the presence of non-neoplastic stromal components that substantially …

Patient-derived lung cancer organoids as in vitro cancer models for therapeutic screening

M Kim, H Mun, CO Sung, EJ Cho, HJ Jeon… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Lung cancer shows substantial genetic and phenotypic heterogeneity across individuals,
driving a need for personalised medicine. Here, we report lung cancer organoids and …

Apoptosis deregulation and the development of cancer multi-drug resistance

CM Neophytou, IP Trougakos, N Erin, P Papageorgis - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Despite recent therapeutic advances against cancer, many patients do not
respond well or respond poorly, to treatment and develop resistance to more than one anti …

The lung microenvironment: an important regulator of tumour growth and metastasis

NK Altorki, GJ Markowitz, D Gao, JL Port… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
Lung cancer is a major global health problem, as it is the leading cause of cancer-related
deaths worldwide. Major advances in the identification of key mutational alterations have led …

Pancreatic tumor microenvironment factor promotes cancer stemness via SPP1–CD44 axis

P Nallasamy, RK Nimmakayala, S Karmakar, F Leon… - Gastroenterology, 2021 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Tumor-microenvironment factors and cancer stem cells (CSCs) play a
critical role in the aggressiveness of pancreatic cancer (PC). However, the degree to which …

Cancer-associated fibroblasts: Origin, function, imaging, and therapeutic targeting

R Rimal, P Desai, R Daware, A Hosseinnejad… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2022 - Elsevier
The tumor microenvironment (TME) is emerging as one of the primary barriers in cancer
therapy. Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAF) are a common inhabitant of the TME in several …

[HTML][HTML] Single-cell transcriptomic architecture and intercellular crosstalk of human intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma

M Zhang, H Yang, L Wan, Z Wang, H Wang, C Ge… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) is the second most common liver
malignancy. ICC typically features remarkable cellular heterogeneity and a dense stromal …