A New Prognostic Indicator of Immune Microenvironment and Therapeutic Response in Lung Adenocarcinoma Based on Peroxisome-Related Genes by Zhen Xiong, Liwen Zhang, Wei Fan

“…In LUAD patients, the strong connection between the risk score and overall survival was further verified in three other GEO data sets. TMB and cancer stem cell infiltration were shown to be significantly higher in the high-risk group in comparison to the low-risk group. …”
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Menopausal Hormone Therapy: Its Role in the Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases and the Risk of Breast Cancer in Women by Tam Thai Thanh Tran, Thu Minh Phung, Anh Thi Mai Do, Quynh Tran Mai Ly, Tin Hoang Nguyen

“…Moreover, MHT is associated with cell proliferation and mutation signaling pathways in breast cancer, as well as the process of growing the breast cancer stem cell. …”
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Evaluating the role of CD44 in oral squamous cell carcinoma and potentially malignant disorders – An immunohistochemical study by Tharani V, Nandhini Gunasekaran, Rajkumar Krishnan, Swaathi R, Vasanthi V

“…Oral submucous and leukoplakia are examples of potentially malignant disorders (PMDs) that are signs of the preclinical stage of oral cancerCD44 (Cluster of differentiation) is a cell surface glycoprotein that serves as a Cancer Stem Cell marker. Aim: The purpose of the study was to look at the presence of CD44 immunohistochemically in oral epithelial dysplasia, oral submucous fibrosis, and OSCC and how it influences a patient's prognosis. …”
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The AhR pathway regulation in phthalates-induced cancer promotion, progression and metastasis: a scoping review by Mostafa Akbariani, Mahmoud Omidi, Zohreh Shahabi, Hamed Haghi-Aminjan, Amir Shadboorestan

“…Specifically, DEHP activated AhR, leading to elevated expression of EMT markers, increased cancer stem cell populations, and enhanced drug metabolism and resistance. …”
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Developing novel Lin28 inhibitors by computer aided drug design by Victor M. Matias-Barrios, Mariia Radaeva, Graciella Rosellinny, Qiongqiong Jia, Ning Xie, Monica Villanueva, Hanadi Ibrahim, Jason Smith, Martin Gleave, Nada Lallous, Suzana K. Straus, Artem Cherkasov, Xuesen Dong

“…Abstract Lin28 is a key regulator of cancer stem cell gene network that promotes therapy-resistant tumor progression in various tumors. …”
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The endonuclease activity of MCPIP1 controls the neoplastic transformation of epithelial cells via the c-Met/CD44 axis by Paulina Marona, Rafał Myrczek, Iga Piasecka, Judyta Gorka, Oliwia Kwapisz, Ewelina Pospiech, Janusz Rys, Jolanta Jura, Katarzyna Miekus

“…We observed that either expression downregulation or mutation of MCPIP1 significantly increased its clonogenicity and altered the expression of cancer stem cell (CSC) markers and factors involved in epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT). …”
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MMP9-Associated Tumor Stem Cells, CCL1-Silenced Dendritic Cells, and Cytokine-Induced Killer Cells Have a Remarkable Therapeutic Efficacy for Acute Myeloid Leukemia by Activating T... by Min Dong, Guozhen Zhang, Jie Meng, Biou Liu, Duanfeng Jiang, Feng Liu

“…Significant positive correlations were found with DC versus cancer stem cells (p=0.008) and the expression of MMP9 versus cancer stem cells (p=0.018). …”
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Inhibition of TFF3 synergizes with c-MET inhibitors to decrease the CSC-like phenotype and metastatic burden in ER+HER2+ mammary carcinoma by Chuyu He, Xuejuan Wang, Yi-Shiou Chiou, Basappa Basappa, Tao Zhu, Vijay Pandey, Peter E. Lobie

“…Elevated expression of TFF3 promoted the oncogenicity of ER+HER2+ MC cells, including enhanced cell proliferation, survival, anchorage-independent growth, 3D growth, cancer stem cell-like (CSC-like) phenotype, migration, invasion, and xenograft growth. …”
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GADD45β Determines Chemoresistance and Invasive Growth of Side Population Cells of Human Embryonic Carcinoma by Toshihiko Inowa, Keiichi Hishikawa, Yumi Matsuzaki, Takayuki Isagawa, Takumi Takeuchi, Hiroyuki Aburatani, Tadaichi Kitamura, Toshiro Fujita

“…NEC8 SP cells showed characteristics of cancer stem cells, such as high growth rate, chemoresistance and high invasiveness. …”
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Circ_0044516 Regulates miR-136/MAT2A Pathway to Facilitate Lung Cancer Development by Yue-Wei Chen, Qiu-Rong Du, Yu-Juan He, Wen-Shu Chen, Wen-Yang Jiang, Qi Gui, Cheng-Cheng Xu, Wei Wang, Hong-Yun Cheng

“…We also found that cancer stem cell properties were restrained by silencing circ_0044516 in A549 and SPC-A1 cells. …”
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ZEB1 as a marker of metastasis in thyroid carcinomas: review of literature and own data by P.P. Zinych, V.M. Pushkarev, N.I. Levchuk, M. Tronko

“…Since ZEB1 is a key regulator of EMT, metastasizing is associated with cancer stem cell formation and resistance to therapy in many cancers, including papillary thyroid carcinoma. …”
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Vernolactone Promotes Apoptosis and Autophagy in Human Teratocarcinomal (NTERA-2) Cancer Stem-Like Cells by Nuwanka K. Abeysinghe, Ira Thabrew, Sameera R. Samarakoon, Meran K. Ediriweera, Kamani H. Tennekoon, Varuni P. C. Pathiranage, Anuka S. Mendis

“…The present study was designed to determine antiproliferative, apoptotic, autophagic, and antioxidant effects of vernolactone, isolated from V. zeylanica, in human embryonal carcinoma cells (NTERA-2, a cancer stem cell model). Antiproliferative effects of vernolactone in NTERA-2 cells and human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (control cells) were evaluated using the Sulforhodamine B (SRB) assay and WST-1 antiproliferative assays, respectively. …”
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Construction and validation of prognosis and treatment outcome models based on plasma membrane tension characteristics in bladder cancer by Zhipeng Wang, Sheng Li, Fuchun Zheng, Situ Xiong, Lei Zhang, Liangwei Wan, Chen Wang, Xiaoqiang Liu, Jun Deng

“…Higher scores were characterized by lower cancer stem cell (CSC) indices, as well as higher tumor microenvironment (TME) stromal and immune scores, suggesting that high scores were associated with poorer prognosis. …”
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D-ribose-5-phosphate inactivates YAP and functions as a metabolic checkpoint by Cheng-E Tu, Yong-Feng Liu, Hong-Wei Liu, Chun-Mei Jiao, Quentin Liu, Mien-Chie Hung, Peng Li, Xiang-Bo Wan, Xin-Juan Fan, Yun-Long Wang

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“Subtype-precise” therapy leads diagnostic and therapeutic innovations: a new pattern for precision treatment of breast cancer by ZHANG Siwei, MA Ding, JIANG Yizhou, SHAO Zhimin

“…They deeply analyzed the molecular characteristics of TNBC, leading to the development of a “Fudan subtype” closely related to clinical outcomes: luminal androgen receptor subtype (LAR), which can be targeted with anti-HER2 and CDK4/6 inhibitors; the immunomodulatory subtype (IM), suitable for immunotherapy; basal-like immune-suppressed subtype (BLIS), which can be treated with platinum-based drugs or poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitors; and mesenchymal-like subtype (MES), which can be treated with anti-cancer stem cell and anti-angiogenic therapies. The team then extended the concept of “subtype-precise” to luminal breast cancer, the subtype with the largest number, the highest proportion and the risk of recurrence for decades. …”
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Hedgehog Pathway Inhibition Hampers Sphere and Holoclone Formation in Rhabdomyosarcoma by Ana Almazán-Moga, Patricia Zarzosa, Isaac Vidal, Carla Molist, Irina Giralt, Natalia Navarro, Aroa Soriano, Miguel F. Segura, Arantza Alfranca, Javier Garcia-Castro, José Sánchez de Toledo, Josep Roma, Soledad Gallego

“…Among the cellular heterogeneity of tumors, the existence of a small fraction of cells called cancer stem cells (CSC), thought to be responsible for the onset and propagation of cancer, has been demonstrated in some neoplasia. …”
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Uridine-cytidine kinase 2 is correlated with immune, DNA damage repair and promotion of cancer stemness in pan-cancer by Jinlong Tian, Yanlei Li, Yu Tong, Yuan Zhang, Tingxiao Zhao, Yao Kang, Qing Bi

“…The correlations of UCK2 with prognosis, genetic instability, DNA repair, cancer stem cell characteristics, and immune cell infiltration were investigated. …”
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Establishment of a Novel Model for Anticancer Drug Resistance in Three-Dimensional Primary Culture of Tumor Microenvironment by Tatsuya Usui, Masashi Sakurai, Shuhei Enjoji, Hideyoshi Kawasaki, Koji Umata, Takashi Ohama, Nobuyuki Fujiwara, Ryotaro Yabe, Shunya Tsuji, Hideyuki Yamawaki, Shoichi Hazama, Hiroko Takenouchi, Masao Nakajima, Ryouichi Tsunedomi, Nobuaki Suzuki, Hiroaki Nagano, Koichi Sato

“…Expression of a cancer stem cell marker, LGR5 in tumor organoids, was higher than that in primary tumor tissues. …”
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Amino Acid-Mediated Metabolism: A New Power to Influence Properties of Stem Cells by Jilan Liu, Xianyun Qin, Dongfeng Pan, Bin Zhang, Feng Jin

“…Targeting AA metabolism helps inhibit the stemness of cancer stem cells and remodels the function of normal stem cells. …”
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Role of Natural Radiosensitizers and Cancer Cell Radioresistance: An Update by Arif Malik, Misbah Sultana, Aamer Qazi, Mahmood Husain Qazi, Gulshan Parveen, Sulayman Waquar, Abdul Basit Ashraf, Mahmood Rasool

“…Cancer originates from genetic mutations accumulation. Cancer stem cells have been depicted as tumorigenic cells that can differentiate and self-renew. …”
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