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ReviewSignal transduction and targeted therapy2021

The adaptive transition of glioblastoma stem cells and its implications on treatments.

Zeyu Wang, Hao Zhang, Shengchao Xu, Zhixiong Liu, Quan Cheng

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Review in Signal transduction and targeted therapy, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 97 papers.

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97citing papers in PubMed
12.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

97 citing papers in PubMed, 142 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Zeyu WangDepartment of Neurosurgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, P.R. China.
Hao ZhangDepartment of Neurosurgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, P.R. China.
Shengchao XuDepartment of Neurosurgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, P.R. China.
Zhixiong LiuDepartment of Neurosurgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, P.R. China. zhixiongliu@csu.edu.cn.
Quan ChengDepartment of Neurosurgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, P.R. China. chengquan@csu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0003-2401-5349
Central South University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glioblastoma is the most malignant tumor occurring in the human central nervous system with overall median survival time <14.6 months. Current treatments such as chemotherapy and radiotherapy cannot reach an optimal remission since tumor resistance to therapy remains a challenge. Glioblastoma stem cells are considered to be responsible for tumor resistance in treating glioblastoma. Previous studies reported two subtypes, proneural and mesenchymal, of glioblastoma stem cells manifesting different sensitivity to radiotherapy or chemotherapy. Mesenchymal glioblastoma stem cells, as well as tumor cells generate from which, showed resistance to radiochemotherapies. Besides, two metabolic patterns, glutamine or glucose dependent, of mesenchymal glioblastoma stem cells also manifested different sensitivity to radiochemotherapies. Glutamine dependent mesenchymal glioblastoma stem cells are more sensitive to radiotherapy than glucose-dependent ones. Therefore, the transition between proneural and mesenchymal subtypes, or between glutamine-dependent and glucose-dependent, might lead to tumor resistance to radiochemotherapies. Moreover, neural stem cells were also hypothesized to participate in glioblastoma stem cells mediated tumor resistance to radiochemotherapies. In this review, we summarized the basic characteristics, adaptive transition and implications of glioblastoma stem cells in glioblastoma therapy.

Indexed as

Drug Resistance, NeoplasmEpithelial-Mesenchymal TransitionGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticGlioblastomaHumansMesenchymal Stem CellsNeoplastic Stem CellsNeural Stem CellsTumor Microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID33753720
PMCPMC7985200
OpenAlexW3137849668

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