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ReviewCells2021

Cancer Stem Cells: Significance in Origin, Pathogenesis and Treatment of Glioblastoma.

Karina Biserova, Arvids Jakovlevs, Romans Uljanovs, Ilze Strumfa

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Review in Cells, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 137 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
137citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
20.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

137 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 219 citations in OpenAlex.

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77 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Karina BiserovaFaculty of Residency, Riga Stradins University, 16 Dzirciema Street, LV-1007 Riga, Latvia.ORCID 0000-0002-1755-3205
Arvids JakovlevsDepartment of Pathology, Riga Stradins University, 16 Dzirciema Street, LV-1007 Riga, Latvia.ORCID 0000-0002-9703-4922
Romans UljanovsDepartment of Pathology, Riga Stradins University, 16 Dzirciema Street, LV-1007 Riga, Latvia.
Ilze StrumfaDepartment of Pathology, Riga Stradins University, 16 Dzirciema Street, LV-1007 Riga, Latvia.
Riga Stradiņš University · LV

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer stem cells (CSCs), known also as tumor-initiating cells, are quiescent, pluripotent, self-renewing neoplastic cells that were first identified in hematologic tumors and soon after in solid malignancies. CSCs have attracted remarkable research interest due to their role in tumor resistance to chemotherapy and radiation treatment as well as recurrence. Extensive research has been devoted to the role of CSCs in glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), the most common primary brain tumor in adults, which is characterized by a dismal prognosis because of its aggressive course and poor response to treatment. The aim of the current paper is to provide an overview of current knowledge on the role of cancer stem cells in the pathogenesis and treatment resistance of glioblastoma. The six regulatory mechanisms of glioma stem cells (GSCs)-tumor microenvironment, niche concept, metabolism, immunity, genetics, and epigenetics-are reviewed. The molecular markers used to identify GSCs are described. The role of GSCs in the treatment resistance of glioblastoma is reviewed, along with future treatment options targeting GSCs. Stem cells of glioblastoma thus represent both a driving mechanism of major treatment difficulties and a possible target for more effective future approaches.

Indexed as

Cell LineageAnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsBiomarkers, TumorBrain NeoplasmsDrug Resistance, NeoplasmEpigenesis, GeneticGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticGlioblastomaHumansNeoplastic Stem CellsPhenotypeRadiation ToleranceTumor MicroenvironmentAntineoplastic AgentsBiomarkers, Tumorcancercancer stem cellsglioblastomagliomaglioma stem cells

Identifiers

PMID33799798
PMCPMC8000844
OpenAlexW3137340042

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