ReviewCancers2020
Breast Cancer Stem Cells: Biomarkers, Identification and Isolation Methods, Regulating Mechanisms, Cellular Origin, and Beyond.
Review in Cancers, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 87 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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87 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The mechanism of breast cancer stem cells and tumor microenvironment promoting radioresistance in breast cancer and its intervention strategies.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Pooled it
- Mechanism of action of genistein on breast cancer and differential effects of different age stages.Pharmaceutical biology · 2025Pooled it
- Therapy-resistant breast cancer in focus: Clinically relevant mitigation by flavonoids targeting cancer stem cells.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2023Pooled it
- Cancer Stem Cell Biomarkers Predictive of Radiotherapy Response in Rectal Cancer: A Systematic Review.Genes · 2021Pooled it
- SIRT1 Promotes Breast Cancer Stem Cell-Associated Properties and Represents a Potential Therapeutic Target.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
- CD6-Directed Immunotherapy Targets Breast Cancer Stem Cell Function and Enhances Immune-Mediated Cytotoxicity in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer.Biomolecules · 2026Article
- LAMC2Cancer science · 2026Article
- Emerging biomarkers in breast fibroadenoma: implications for differential diagnosis, malignant transformation, and precision medicine.Molecular biology reports · 2026Review
- CXCL1 in triple‑negative breast cancer: Mechanisms, challenges, and therapeutic opportunities (Review).Oncology reports · 2026Review
- Promotion of breast cancer by the DNPH1 enzyme.iScience · 2026Article
- Dietary restriction genes as modulators of breast cancer risk through metabolic pathways.Lipids in health and disease · 2026Article
- Breast Cancer Multicellular Spheroid Models-A Tool for Studying Cancer Biology; a Possible Platform for Drug Screening and Personalized Medicine.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Nanomedicine-Based Strategies Targeting Macrophage Polarization in Breast Cancer Bone Metastasis: An Updated Review.Breast cancer (Dove Medical Press) · 2026Review
- Neutrophils exposed to a cholesterol metabolite secrete extracellular vesicles that promote epithelial-mesenchymal transition and stemness in breast cancer cells.Cancer letters · 2026Article
- Subcutaneous/cutaneous uptake in the cancer-affected breast onAnnals of nuclear medicine · 2026Article
- A cell-based model approach to radiation-induced breast cancer development.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Tumor-educated-platelets interact with breast cancer-stem-cells via P-selectin-PSGL1 and ensure stemness and metastasis through WNT-β-catenin-VEGF-VEGFR2 intra-cellular signaling: therapeutic modulation by aspirin.Breast cancer research : BCR · 2025Article
- Integrative analysis of non-small cell lung cancer identifies Jumonji domain-containing 6/ETS homologous factor axis as a target to overcome radioresistance.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2025Article
- Fueling the Seed: Growth Factors and Cytokines Driving Cancer Stem Cells in Gynecological Malignancies.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Evaluation of the Activity of Monensin and Its Analogs for Modulation of Stem-like Cell Functionality in 2D and 3D Breast Cancer Models.ACS pharmacology & translational science · 2025Article
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Abstract
Despite recent advances in diagnosis and treatment, breast cancer (BC) is still a major cause of cancer-related mortality in women. Breast cancer stem cells (BCSCs) are a small but significant subpopulation of heterogeneous breast cancer cells demonstrating strong self-renewal and proliferation properties. Accumulating evidence has proved that BCSCs are the driving force behind BC tumor initiation, progression, metastasis, drug resistance, and recurrence. As a heterogeneous disease, BC contains a full spectrum of different BC subtypes, and different subtypes of BC further exhibit distinct subtypes and proportions of BCSCs, which correspond to different treatment responses and disease-specific outcomes. This review summarized the current knowledge of BCSC biomarkers and their clinical relevance, the methods for the identification and isolation of BCSCs, and the mechanisms regulating BCSCs. We also discussed the cellular origin of BCSCs and the current advances in single-cell lineage tracing and transcriptomics and their potential in identifying the origin and lineage development of BCSCs.
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