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ReviewMolecular cancer2014

Developing ovarian cancer stem cell models: laying the pipeline from discovery to clinical intervention.

Brendan Ffrench, Claudia Gasch, John J O'Leary, Michael F Gallagher

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Review in Molecular cancer, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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35citing papers in PubMed
3.4field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed, 64 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Advances in ovarian tumor stem cells and therapy.Cell biochemistry and biophysics · 2024
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  5. Computational modeling of ovarian cancer dynamics suggests optimal strategies for therapy and screening.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2021
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  9. Calcium Channels as Novel Therapeutic Targets for Ovarian Cancer Stem Cells.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Brendan FfrenchDepartment of Histopathology, Trinity College Dublin, Trinity Centre for Health Sciences, St James Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland. ffrenchg@tcd.ie.
Claudia Gasch
John J O'Leary
Michael F Gallagher
Trinity College Dublin · IECoombe Women & Infants University Hospital · IE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite decades of research, ovarian cancer is still associated with unacceptably high mortality rates, which must be addressed by novel therapeutic approaches. One avenue through which this may be achieved is targeting of tumor-initiating 'Cancer Stem Cells' (CSCs). CSCs are sufficient to generate primary and recurrent disease through extensive rounds of asymmetric division, which maintain the CSC pool while producing the tissues that form the bulk of the tumor. CSCs thrive in the harsh tumor niche, are generally refractory to therapeutic intervention and closely-linked to the Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition process, which facilitates invasion and metastasis. While it is well-accepted that CSC-targeting must be assessed as a novel therapeutic avenue, few ovarian CSC models have been developed due to perceived and actual difficulties associated with the process of 'CSC Discovery'. In this article we review contemporary approaches to CSC Discovery and argue that this process should start with an understanding of the specific challenges associated with clinical intervention, laying the pipeline backwards towards CSC Discovery. Such an approach would expedite the bridging of the gap between laboratory isolation and clinical targeting of ovarian CSCs.

Indexed as

AnimalsEpithelial-Mesenchymal TransitionFemaleHumansNeoplastic Stem CellsOvarian Neoplasms

Identifiers

PMID25495823
PMCPMC4295405
OpenAlexW2156155175

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