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ArticleScientific reports2017

HIF1α regulates glioma chemosensitivity through the transformation between differentiation and dedifferentiation in various oxygen levels.

Pan Wang, Wenwu Wan, Shuanglong Xiong, Junwei Wang, Dewei Zou, Chuan Lan, Shuangjiang Yu, Bin Liao, Hua Feng, Nan Wu

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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27 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Pan WangDepartment of Neurosurgery, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400038, China.
Wenwu WanDepartment of Neurosurgery, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400038, China.
Shuanglong XiongDepartment of Oncology, Cancer Hospital, Chongqing, 400030, China.
Junwei WangDepartment of Neurosurgery, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400038, China.
Dewei ZouDepartment of Neurosurgery, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400038, China.
Chuan LanDepartment of Neurosurgery, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400038, China.
Shuangjiang YuDepartment of Neurosurgery, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400038, China.
Bin LiaoDepartment of Neurosurgery, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400038, China.
Hua FengDepartment of Neurosurgery, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400038, China.
Nan WuDepartment of Neurosurgery, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400038, China. wunan881@tmmu.edu.cn.
Army Medical University · CNSouthwest Hospital · CNChongqing Cancer Hospital · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chemotherapy plays a significant role in glioma treatment; however, it has limited effectiveness in extending the life expectancies of glioma patients. Traditional studies have attributed this lack of efficacy to glioma stem cells (GSCs) and their high resistance to chemotherapy, and hypoxia worsens this issue. In contrast, hyperoxia effectively alleviates hypoxia in glioma and sensitizes glioma cells to chemotherapy. In a summary of traditional studies, the majority of researchers overlooked the influence of hypoxia on differentiated cells because they only focused on the maintenance of GSCs stemness, which thus resulted in chemoresistance. Because of this background, we hypothesized that GSCs may be induced through dedifferentiation under hypoxic conditions, and hypoxia maintains GSCs stemness, which thus leads to resistance to chemotherapy. In contrast, hyperoxia inhibits the dedifferentiation process and promotes GSCs differentiation, which increases the sensitization of glioma cells to chemotherapy. Hypoxia-inducible factor-1α (HIF1α) contributes substantially to the stemness maintenance of GSCs and resistance of glioma to chemotherapy; thus, we investigated whether HIF1α regulates the resistance or sensitization of glioma cells to chemotherapy in different oxygen levels. It highlights a novel viewpoint on glioma chemosensitivity from the transformation between dedifferentiation and differentiation in different oxygen levels.

Indexed as

Drug Resistance, NeoplasmBrain NeoplasmsCell HypoxiaCell Line, TumorGliomaHumansHypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha SubunitNeoplastic Stem CellsOxygenHIF1A protein, humanHypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha SubunitOxygen

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PMID28801626
PMCPMC5554160
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