Cancer stem cells (CSCs) in drug resistance and their therapeutic implications in cancer treatment

LTH Phi, IN Sari, YG Yang, SH Lee, N Jun… - Stem cells …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Cancer stem cells (CSCs), also known as tumor‐initiating cells (TICs), are suggested to be
responsible for drug resistance and cancer relapse due in part to their ability to self‐renew …

Stem cell fate in cancer growth, progression and therapy resistance

NK Lytle, AG Barber, T Reya - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2018 - nature.com
Although we have come a long way in our understanding of the signals that drive cancer
growth, and how these signals can be targeted, effective control of this disease remains a …

Medulloblastoma

PA Northcott, GW Robinson, CP Kratz… - Nature reviews Disease …, 2019 - nature.com
Medulloblastoma (MB) comprises a biologically heterogeneous group of embryonal tumours
of the cerebellum. Four subgroups of MB have been described (WNT, sonic hedgehog …

A novel m6A reader Prrc2a controls oligodendroglial specification and myelination

R Wu, A Li, B Sun, JG Sun, J Zhang, T Zhang, Y Chen… - Cell research, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract While N 6-methyladenosine (m6A), the most abundant internal modification in
eukaryotic mRNA, is linked to cell differentiation and tissue development, the biological …

Epigenetics in cancer stem cells

TB Toh, JJ Lim, EKH Chow - Molecular cancer, 2017 - Springer
Compelling evidence have demonstrated that bulk tumors can arise from a unique subset of
cells commonly termed “cancer stem cells” that has been proposed to be a strong driving …

Functional characterization of SOX2 as an anticancer target

S Zhang, X Xiong, Y Sun - Signal transduction and targeted therapy, 2020 - nature.com
SOX2 is a well-characterized pluripotent factor that is essential for stem cell self-renewal,
reprogramming, and homeostasis. The cellular levels of SOX2 are precisely regulated by a …

Oligodendrocyte precursors migrate along vasculature in the developing nervous system

HH Tsai, J Niu, R Munji, D Davalos, J Chang, H Zhang… - Science, 2016 - science.org
Oligodendrocytes myelinate axons in the central nervous system and develop from
oligodendrocyte precursor cells (OPCs) that must first migrate extensively during brain and …

Active medulloblastoma enhancers reveal subgroup-specific cellular origins

CY Lin, S Erkek, Y Tong, L Yin, AJ Federation… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
Medulloblastoma is a highly malignant paediatric brain tumour, often inflicting devastating
consequences on the developing child. Genomic studies have revealed four distinct …

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 …

Cancer stem cells: an evolving concept

LV Nguyen, R Vanner, P Dirks, CJ Eaves - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2012 - nature.com
The cancer stem cell (CSC) concept derives from the fact that cancers are dysregulated
tissue clones whose continued propagation is vested in a biologically distinct subset of cells …