ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2020
Exploiting the Complexities of Glioblastoma Stem Cells: Insights for Cancer Initiation and Therapeutic Targeting.
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31 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 42 citations in OpenAlex.
- Glioma Stem Cells as Promoter of Glioma Progression: A Systematic Review of Molecular Pathways and Targeted Therapies.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Pooled it
- Chromosomal Instability Drives Glioblastoma Heterogeneity and Therapeutic Opportunities.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Review
- IQGAP3 bridges matrix stiffness with glioma stem cell maintenance and radioresistance by stabilizing SOX2.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Small Messengers: Glioblastoma-Derived Extracellular Vesicles Modulate γδ T Lymphocytes Through a MIC-Dependent Mechanism.Biology · 2026Article
- Revealing erythropoietin variant EV-3 as novel driving force and immunotherapeutic target in human glioblastoma.Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR · 2025Article
- Microcargos with Megaeffects: A Literature Review of Immunomodulatory, Diagnostic, Prognostic, and Therapeutic Dimensions of Exosomal MicroRNAs in Glioblastoma Multiforme.Cellular and molecular neurobiology · 2025Review
- Phenotypic variations in glioma stem cells: regulatory mechanisms and implications for therapeutic strategies.Journal of translational medicine · 2025Review
- Stem cell therapies and glioma stem cells in glioblastoma: a systematic review of current challenges and research directions.International journal of emergency medicine · 2025Review
- Multi-Transcriptomic Analysis Reveals GSC-Driven MES-Like Differentiation via EMT in GBM Cell-Cell Communication.Biomedicines · 2025Article
- Exploring miRNA therapies and gut microbiome-enhanced CAR-T cells: advancing frontiers in glioblastoma stem cell targeting.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2025Review
- Decoding the heterogeneous subpopulations of glioblastoma for prognostic stratification and uncovering the promalignant role of PSMC2.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Frontiers in thoracic oncology: new breakthroughs in molecular targets and immunotherapy.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Review
- Harnessing the role of aberrant cell signaling pathways in glioblastoma multiforme: a prospect towards the targeted therapy.Molecular biology reports · 2024Review
- CD133 significance in glioblastoma development: in silico and in vitro study.European journal of medical research · 2024Article
- Glioblastoma Therapy: Past, Present and Future.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Systems Medicine for Precise Targeting of Glioblastoma.Molecular biotechnology · 2023Review
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- Fatty Acid Metabolites and the Tumor Microenvironment as Potent Regulators of Cancer Stem Cell Signaling.Metabolites · 2023Review
- The STAT3-Regulated Autophagy Pathway in Glioblastoma.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Interplay of SOX transcription factors and microRNAs in the brain under physiological and pathological conditions.Neural regeneration research · 2022Review
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
The discovery of glioblastoma stem cells (GSCs) in the 2000s revolutionized the cancer research field, raising new questions regarding the putative cell(s) of origin of this tumor type, and partly explaining the highly heterogeneous nature of glioblastoma (GBM). Increasing evidence has suggested that GSCs play critical roles in tumor initiation, progression, and resistance to conventional therapies. The remarkable oncogenic features of GSCs have generated significant interest in better defining and characterizing these cells and determining novel pathways driving GBM that could constitute attractive key therapeutic targets. While exciting breakthroughs have been achieved in the field, the characterization of GSCs is a challenge and the cell of origin of GBM remains controversial. For example, the use of several cell-surface molecular markers to identify and isolate GSCs has been a challenge. It is now widely accepted that none of these markers is, per se, sufficiently robust to distinguish GSCs from normal stem cells. Finding new strategies that are able to more efficiently and specifically target these niches could also prove invaluable against this devastating and therapy-insensitive tumor. In this review paper, we summarize the most relevant findings and discuss emerging concepts and open questions in the field of GSCs, some of which are, to some extent, pertinent to other cancer stem cells.
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