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ReviewArchivum immunologiae et therapiae experimentalis

Cancer stem cells as targets for cancer therapy: selected cancers as examples.

Sabine Hombach-Klonisch, Ted Paranjothy, Emilia Wiechec, Paola Pocar, Tarek Mustafa, Anja Seifert, Christian Zahl, Klaus Luis Gerlach, Katharina Biermann, Klaus Steger and 3 more

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Review in Archivum immunologiae et therapiae experimentalis. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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21citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  4. Generation of Cancer Stem/Initiating Cells by Cell-Cell Fusion.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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  13. Gastric cancer stem cells: therapeutic targets.Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association · 2014
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Sabine Hombach-KlonischDepartment Human Anatomy and Cell Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
Ted Paranjothy
Emilia Wiechec
Paola Pocar
Tarek Mustafa
Anja Seifert
Christian Zahl
Klaus Luis Gerlach
Katharina Biermann
Klaus Steger
Cuong Hoang-Vu
Klaus Schulze-Osthoff
Marek Los

Funding

CIHR 81237CIHR 82359
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

It is becoming increasingly evident that cancer constitutes a group of diseases involving altered stem-cell maturation/differentiation and the disturbance of regenerative processes. The observed malignant transformation is merely a symptom of normal differentiation processes gone astray rather than the primary event. This review focuses on the role of cancer stem cells (CSCs) in three common but also relatively under-investigated cancers: head and neck, ovarian, and testicular cancer. For didactic purpose, the physiology of stem cells is first introduced using hematopoietic and mesenchymal stem cells as examples. This is followed by a discussion of the (possible) role of CSCs in head and neck, ovarian, and testicular cancer. Aside from basic information about the pathophysiology of these cancers, current research results focused on the discovery of molecular markers specific to these cancers are also discussed. The last part of the review is largely dedicated to signaling pathways active within various normal and CSC types (e.g. Nanog, Nestin, Notch1, Notch2, Oct3 and 4, Wnt). Different elements of these pathways are also discussed in the context of therapeutic opportunities for the development of targeted therapies aimed at CSCs. Finally, alternative targeted anticancer therapies arising from recently identified molecules with cancer-(semi-)selective capabilities (e.g. apoptin, Brevinin-2R) are considered.

Indexed as

AnimalsBiomarkers, TumorCarcinoma, Squamous CellFemaleGene Expression ProfilingHead and Neck NeoplasmsHematopoietic Stem CellsHumansMaleMesenchymal Stem CellsMouth NeoplasmsNeoplastic Stem CellsOvarian NeoplasmsSignal TransductionTesticular NeoplasmsBiomarkers, Tumor

Identifiers

PMID18512024
PMCPMC2954963

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