Recent advances in targeting cancer stem cells by using nanomaterials

V Rahimkhoei, A Akbari, AY Jassim… - International Journal of …, 2025 - Elsevier
Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are a special group of cells that start, regenerate, and maintain
the growth of tumors. Cancer stem cells (CSCs) contribute to the dissemination of tumors …

Low doses of IFN-γ maintain self-renewal of leukemia stem cells in acute myeloid leukemia

X **e, W Zhang, X Zhou, B Xu, H Wang, Y Qiu, Y Hu… - Oncogene, 2023 - nature.com
Conventional therapies for acute myeloid leukemia (AML) often fail to eliminate the disease-
initiating leukemia stem cell (LSC) population, leading to disease relapse. Interferon-γ (IFN …

Immune-epigenetic crosstalk in haematological malignancies

H Wong, R Sugimura - Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Haematological malignancies comprise a diverse set of lymphoid and myeloid neoplasms
which can arise during any stage of haematopoiesis in the bone marrow. Accumulating …

Identification of leukemia stem cell subsets with distinct transcriptional, epigenetic and functional properties

H Boutzen, A Murison, A Oriecuia, S Bansal, C Arlidge… - Leukemia, 2024 - nature.com
The leukemia stem cell (LSC) compartment is a complex reservoir fueling disease
progression in acute myeloid leukemia (AML). The existence of heterogeneity within this …

Zelenirstat Inhibits N-Myristoyltransferases to Disrupt Src Family Kinase Signaling and Oxidative Phosphorylation, Killing Acute Myeloid Leukemia Cells

JM Gamma, Q Liu, E Beauchamp, A Iyer… - Molecular Cancer …, 2025 - aacrjournals.org
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a hematologic malignancy with limited treatment options
and a high likelihood of recurrence after chemotherapy. We studied N-myristoylation, the …

Abemaciclib drives the therapeutic differentiation of acute myeloid leukaemia stem cells

X **e, W Zhang, X Zhou, Z Ye, H Wang… - British Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Self‐renewal and differentiation arrest are two features of leukaemia stem cells (LSCs)
responsible for the high relapse rate of acute myeloid leukaemia (AML). To screen drugs to …

Characterization of relapse-supportive monocytic cells in acute myeloid leukemia

SWK Ng - Cell Reports Medicine, 2024 - cell.com
The precise identities of bone marrow resident cells contributing to AML relapse are not fully
known. Hollands et al. report early evidence to support the existence of an aberrant …

Distinct assemblies of heterodimeric cytokine receptors govern stemness programs in leukemia

WL Kan, U Dhagat, KB Kaufmann, TR Hercus… - Cancer …, 2023 - aacrjournals.org
Leukemia stem cells (LSC) possess distinct self-renewal and arrested differentiation
properties that are responsible for disease emergence, therapy failure, and recurrence in …

Stress Granules Underlie Acute Myeloid Leukemia Stem Cell Survival and Stress Adaptation

A Tajik, E Tsao, S Jahangiri, B Seale, BA Yee… - bioRxiv, 2025 - biorxiv.org
The link between cancer maintenance and an ability to sustain continued growth through
stresses conferred by the cancer state itself is growing. However, there are significant gaps …

The long non-coding RNA FAM30A regulates the Musashi2-RUNX1 axis and is required for LSC function in AML cells

JC Sánchez, MT Scott, A Varnava, T Alakhras… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
High expression of the long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) FAM30A has been previously
associated with leukemic stem cell (LSC) activity and poor prognosis in both adult and …