Epithelial-to-mesenchymal plasticity of cancer stem cells: therapeutic targets in hepatocellular carcinoma

A Jayachandran, B Dhungel, JC Steel - Journal of hematology & oncology, 2016 - Springer
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains one of the most common and lethal malignancies
worldwide despite the development of various therapeutic strategies. A better understanding …

Tumorsphere as an effective in vitro platform for screening anti-cancer stem cell drugs

CH Lee, CC Yu, BY Wang, WW Chang - Oncotarget, 2015 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are a sub-population of cells within cancer tissues with tumor
initiation, drug resistance and metastasis properties. CSCs also have been considered as …

Sphere-Formation Assay: Three-Dimensional in vitro Culturing of Prostate Cancer Stem/Progenitor Sphere-Forming Cells

HF Bahmad, K Cheaito, RM Chalhoub… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Cancer Stem Cells (CSCs) are a sub-population of cells, identified in most tumors,
responsible for the initiation, recurrence, metastatic potential, and resistance of different …

Reduction of MHC-I expression limits T-lymphocyte-mediated killing of Cancer-initiating cells

BJ Morrison, JC Steel, JC Morris - BMC cancer, 2018 - Springer
Background It has been proposed that cancer establishment, maintenance, and recurrence
may be attributed to a unique population of tumor cells termed cancer-initiating cells (CICs) …

Targeting lactate dehydrogenase B-dependent mitochondrial metabolism affects tumor initiating cells and inhibits tumorigenesis of non-small cell lung cancer by …

H Deng, Y Gao, V Trappetti, D Hertig… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2022 - Springer
Once considered a waste product of anaerobic cellular metabolism, lactate has been
identified as a critical regulator of tumorigenesis, maintenance, and progression. The …

A microfluidic platform for chemoresistive testing of multicellular pleural cancer spheroids

J Ruppen, L Cortes-Dericks, E Marconi, G Karoubi… - Lab on a Chip, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
This study reports on a microfluidic platform on which single multicellular spheroids from
malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM), an aggressive tumor with poor prognosis, can be …

Antitumour Potential of Gigartina pistillata Carrageenans against Colorectal Cancer Stem Cell-Enriched Tumourspheres

J Cotas, V Marques, MB Afonso, CMP Rodrigues… - Marine drugs, 2020 - mdpi.com
Gigartina pistillata is a red seaweed common in Figueira da Foz, Portugal. Here, the
antitumour potential of G. pistillata carrageenan, with a known variable of the life cycle, the …

Hsa-miR-1246 and hsa-miR-1290 are associated with stemness and invasiveness of non-small cell lung cancer

G Kim, HJ An, MJ Lee, JY Song, JY Jeong, JH Lee… - Lung cancer, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Objectives Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are considered to play a pivotal role in the
process of invasion, metastasis and chemotherapy resistance. Diverse aberrantly expressed …

Prostaglandin E2 receptor EP 4 as the common target on cancer cells and macrophages to abolish angiogenesis, lymphangiogenesis, metastasis, and stem‐like cell …

M Majumder, X Xin, L Liu, GV Girish, PK Lala - Cancer science, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
We previously established that COX‐2 overexpression promotes breast cancer progression
and metastasis. As long‐term use of COX‐2 inhibitors (COX‐2i) can promote thrombo …

Cancer stem cells and cisplatin‐resistant cells isolated from non‐small‐lung cancer cell lines constitute related cell populations

BD Lopez‐Ayllon, V Moncho‐Amor… - Cancer …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Lung cancer is the top cause of cancer‐related deceases. One of the reasons is the
development of resistance to the chemotherapy treatment. In particular, cancer stem cells …