Cancer stem cells and targeting strategies

L Barbato, M Bocchetti, A Di Biase, T Regad - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
Chemoresistance is a major problem in cancer therapy as cancer cells develop mechanisms
that counteract the effect of chemotherapeutic compounds, leading to relapse and the …

[HTML][HTML] Cancer stem cells: Road to therapeutic resistance and strategies to overcome resistance

MR Makena, A Ranjan, V Thirumala… - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2020 - Elsevier
Unlike other normal cells, a subpopulation of cells often termed as “stem cells” are long-lived
and generate cellular progeny throughout life. Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are rare immortal …

HDAC11 regulates glycolysis through the LKB1/AMPK signaling pathway to maintain hepatocellular carcinoma stemness

L Bi, Y Ren, M Feng, P Meng, Q Wang, W Chen, Q Jiao… - Cancer research, 2021 - AACR
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) contains a subset of cancer stem cells (CSC) that cause
tumor recurrence, metastasis, and chemical resistance. Histone deacetylase 11 (HDAC11) …

EZH2-mediated downregulation of the tumor suppressor DAB2IP maintains ovarian cancer stem cells

X Zong, W Wang, A Ozes, F Fang, GE Sandusky… - Cancer research, 2020 - AACR
The majority of women diagnosed with epithelial ovarian cancer eventually develop
recurrence, which rapidly evolves into chemoresistant disease. Persistence of ovarian …

Epi‐immunotherapy for cancers: rationales of epi‐drugs in combination with immunotherapy and advances in clinical trials

Y Xu, P Li, Y Liu, D Xin, W Lei, A Liang… - Cancer …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Over the last two decades, several epi‐drugs, immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) and
adoptive cell therapies have received clinical approval for use in certain types of cancer …

Metal carcinogen exposure induces cancer stem cell-like property through epigenetic reprograming: A novel mechanism of metal carcinogenesis

Z Wang, C Yang - Seminars in cancer biology, 2019 - Elsevier
Arsenic, cadmium, nickel and hexavalent chromium are among the most common
environmental pollutants and potent carcinogens. Chronic exposure to these metals causes …

Differential molecular mechanistic behavior of HDACs in cancer progression

T Singh, P Kaur, P Singh, S Singh, A Munshi - Medical Oncology, 2022 - Springer
Genetic aberration including mutation in oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes transforms
normal cells into tumor cells. Epigenetic modifications work concertedly with genetic factors …

Ovarian cancer stem cells: role in metastasis and opportunity for therapeutic targeting

X Zong, KP Nephew - Cancers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Ovarian cancer (OC) is a heterogeneous disease usually diagnosed at a late stage. Cancer
stem cells (CSCs) that exist within the bulk tumor survive first-line chemotherapy and …

A new synthetic histone deacetylase inhibitor, MHY2256, induces apoptosis and autophagy cell death in endometrial cancer cells via p53 acetylation

U De, JY Son, R Sachan, YJ Park, D Kang… - International Journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
We previously discovered a novel sirtuin (SIRT) inhibitor, MHY2256, that exerts anticancer
activity through p53 acetylation in MCF-7 human breast cancer cells. We investigated the …

Current understanding of epigenetics mechanism as a novel target in reducing cancer stem cells resistance

S Keyvani-Ghamsari, K Khorsandi, A Rasul… - Clinical …, 2021 - Springer
At present, after extensive studies in the field of cancer, cancer stem cells (CSCs) have been
proposed as a major factor in tumor initiation, progression, metastasis, and recurrence …