Cancer stem cells—origins and biomarkers: perspectives for targeted personalized therapies

L Walcher, AK Kistenmacher, H Suo, R Kitte… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The use of biomarkers in diagnosis, therapy and prognosis has gained increasing interest
over the last decades. In particular, the analysis of biomarkers in cancer patients within the …

Role of STAT3 signaling pathway in breast cancer

J Ma, L Qin, X Li - Cell Communication and Signaling, 2020 - Springer
Breast cancer has grown to be the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in
women. Only a few treatment options are available for breast cancer due to the widespread …

How cancer cells make and respond to interferon-I

HJ Cheon, Y Wang, SM Wightman, MW Jackson… - Trends in cancer, 2023 - cell.com
Acute exposure of cancer cells to high concentrations of type I interferon (IFN-I) drives
growth arrest and apoptosis, whereas chronic exposure to low concentrations provides …

Triple-negative breast cancer therapeutic resistance: Where is the Achilles' heel?

X Bai, J Ni, J Beretov, P Graham, Y Li - Cancer letters, 2021 - Elsevier
Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) shows a higher response rate to systemic therapy
compared with other breast cancer subtypes. However, the tumor differentiation of TNBC is …

STAT family of transcription factors in breast cancer: Pathogenesis and therapeutic opportunities and challenges

GL Wong, SG Manore, DL Doheny, HW Lo - Seminars in cancer biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer and second-leading cause of cancer
deaths in women. Breast cancer stem cells (BCSCs) promote metastasis and therapeutic …

Cancer stem cell plasticity–a deadly deal

AP Thankamony, K Saxena, R Murali… - Frontiers in molecular …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Intratumoral heterogeneity is a major ongoing challenge in the effective therapeutic targeting
of cancer. Accumulating evidence suggests that a fraction of cells within a tumor termed …

Impact of the tumor microenvironment on tumor heterogeneity and consequences for cancer cell plasticity and stemness

R Hass, J von der Ohe, H Ungefroren - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The cancer cells in solid tumors are embedded in a complex connective
tissue matrix composed of various other cell types, ie, mesenchymal stroma/stem-like cells …

The role of the il-6 cytokine family in epithelial–mesenchymal plasticity in cancer progression

A Abaurrea, AM Araujo, MM Caffarel - International journal of molecular …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Epithelial–mesenchymal plasticity (EMP) plays critical roles during embryonic development,
wound repair, fibrosis, inflammation and cancer. During cancer progression, EMP results in …

Linking tumor microenvironment to plasticity of cancer stem cells: mechanisms and application in cancer therapy

X Zheng, C Yu, M Xu - Frontiers in Oncology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are a minority subset of cancer cells that can drive tumor initiation,
promote tumor progression, and induce drug resistance. CSCs are difficult to eliminate by …

Cancer stem cells in TNBC

Z Hua, J White, J Zhou - Seminars in cancer biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a broad collection of breast cancer that tests
negative for estrogen receptors (ER), progesterone receptors (PR), and excess human …