Exploring the dynamic interplay between cancer stem cells and the tumor microenvironment: implications for novel therapeutic strategies

YR Li, Y Fang, Z Lyu, Y Zhu, L Yang - Journal of Translational Medicine, 2023‏ - Springer
Cancer stem cells (CSCs) have emerged as key contributors to tumor initiation, growth, and
metastasis. In addition, CSCs play a significant role in inducing immune evasion, thereby …

The PI3K-Akt-mTOR signaling pathway in human acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cells

I Nepstad, KJ Hatfield, IS Grønningsæter… - International journal of …, 2020‏ - mdpi.com
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a heterogeneous group of diseases characterized by
uncontrolled proliferation of hematopoietic stem cells in the bone marrow. Malignant cell …

Metabolic requirements for the maintenance of self-renewing stem cells

K Ito, T Suda - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2014‏ - nature.com
A distinctive feature of stem cells is their capacity to self-renew to maintain pluripotency.
Studies of genetically-engineered mouse models and recent advances in metabolomic …

[HTML][HTML] Reconstructing and reprogramming the tumor-propagating potential of glioblastoma stem-like cells

ML Suvà, E Rheinbay, SM Gillespie, AP Patel… - Cell, 2014‏ - cell.com
Developmental fate decisions are dictated by master transcription factors (TFs) that interact
with cis-regulatory elements to direct transcriptional programs. Certain malignant tumors …

Targeting CD70 with cusatuzumab eliminates acute myeloid leukemia stem cells in patients treated with hypomethylating agents

C Riether, T Pabst, S Höpner, U Bacher… - Nature medicine, 2020‏ - nature.com
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is driven by leukemia stem cells (LSCs) that resist
conventional chemotherapy and are the major cause of relapse,. Hypomethylating agents …

[HTML][HTML] Curcumin: An age-old anti-inflammatory and anti-neoplastic agent

MC Fadus, C Lau, J Bikhchandani, HT Lynch - Journal of traditional and …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Curcumin is a natural anti-inflammatory agent that has been used for treating medical
conditions for many years. Several experimental and pharmacologic trials have …

Cancer stem cells: impact, heterogeneity, and uncertainty

JA Magee, E Piskounova, SJ Morrison - Cancer cell, 2012‏ - cell.com
The differentiation of tumorigenic cancer stem cells into nontumorigenic cancer cells confers
heterogeneity to some cancers beyond that explained by clonal evolution or environmental …

RAS-mutant leukaemia stem cells drive clinical resistance to venetoclax

J Sango, S Carcamo, M Sirenko, A Maiti, H Mansour… - Nature, 2024‏ - nature.com
Cancer driver mutations often show distinct temporal acquisition patterns, but the biological
basis for this, if any, remains unknown. RAS mutations occur invariably late in the course of …

CD47 is an adverse prognostic factor and therapeutic antibody target on human acute myeloid leukemia stem cells

R Majeti, MP Chao, AA Alizadeh, WW Pang, S Jaiswal… - Cell, 2009‏ - cell.com
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is organized as a cellular hierarchy initiated and maintained
by a subset of self-renewing leukemia stem cells (LSC). We hypothesized that increased …

A human colon cancer cell capable of initiating tumour growth in immunodeficient mice

CA O'Brien, A Pollett, S Gallinger, JE Dick - Nature, 2007‏ - nature.com
Colon cancer is one of the best-understood neoplasms from a genetic perspective,,, yet it
remains the second most common cause of cancer-related death, indicating that some of its …