Engineered T cells: the promise and challenges of cancer immunotherapy

AD Fesnak, CH June, BL Levine - Nature reviews cancer, 2016 - nature.com
The immune system evolved to distinguish non-self from self to protect the organism. As
cancer is derived from our own cells, immune responses to dysregulated cell growth present …

Pathological and molecular features of glioblastoma and its peritumoral tissue

A D'Alessio, G Proietti, G Sica, BM Scicchitano - Cancers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Glioblastoma (GBM) is one of the most aggressive and lethal human brain tumors. At
present, GBMs are divided in primary and secondary on the basis of the mutational status of …

Cancer stem cell quiescence and plasticity as major challenges in cancer therapy

W Chen, J Dong, J Haiech, MC Kilhoffer… - Stem cells …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Cells with stem‐like properties, tumorigenic potential, and treatment‐resistant phenotypes
have been identified in many human malignancies. Based on the properties they share with …

Dichloroacetate (DCA) and cancer: an overview towards clinical applications

T Tataranni, C Piccoli - Oxidative medicine and cellular …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
An extensive body of literature describes anticancer property of dichloroacetate (DCA), but
its effective clinical administration in cancer therapy is still limited to clinical trials. The …

On the origin of cancer metastasis

TN Seyfried, LC Huysentruyt - Critical Reviews™ in …, 2013 - dl.begellhouse.com
Metastasis involves the spread of cancer cells from the primary tumor to surrounding tissues
and to distant organs and is the primary cause of cancer morbidity and mortality. In order to …

Matrigel: from discovery and ECM mimicry to assays and models for cancer research

G Benton, I Arnaoutova, J George, HK Kleinman… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2014 - Elsevier
The basement membrane is an important extracellular matrix that is found in all epithelial
and endothelial tissues. It maintains tissue integrity, serves as a barrier to cells and to …

Multicellular tumor spheroids: an underestimated tool is catching up again

F Hirschhaeuser, H Menne, C Dittfeld, J West… - Journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
The present article highlights the rationale, potential and flexibility of tumor spheroid mono-
and cocultures for implementation into state of the art anti-cancer therapy test platforms …

Cancer stem cell hierarchy in glioblastoma multiforme

A Bradshaw, A Wickremsekera, ST Tan, L Peng… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), an aggressive tumor that typically exhibits treatment failure
with high mortality rates, is associated with the presence of cancer stem cells (CSCs) within …

[HTML][HTML] A temporarily distinct subpopulation of slow-cycling melanoma cells is required for continuous tumor growth

A Roesch, M Fukunaga-Kalabis, EC Schmidt… - Cell, 2010 - cell.com
Melanomas are highly heterogeneous tumors, but the biological significance of their
different subpopulations is not clear. Using the H3K4 demethylase JARID1B (KDM5B/PLU …

Glioblastoma stem-like cells secrete the pro-angiogenic VEGF-A factor in extracellular vesicles

L Treps, R Perret, S Edmond, D Ricard… - Journal of extracellular …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) are mortifying brain tumours that contain a subpopulation of
tumour cells with stem-like properties, termed glioblastoma stem-like cells (GSCs). GSCs …