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ReviewCancers2021

Hepatic Cancer Stem Cells: Molecular Mechanisms, Therapeutic Implications, and Circulating Biomarkers.

Laura Gramantieri, Catia Giovannini, Fabrizia Suzzi, Ilaria Leoni, Francesca Fornari

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Review in Cancers, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Discovery of pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine derivatives with inhibitory effect on liver cancer stem cell.Medicinal chemistry research : an international journal for rapid communications on design and mechanisms of action of biologically active agents · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Laura GramantieriDivision of Internal Medicine, Hepatobiliary and Immunoallergic Diseases, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy.
Catia GiovanniniCentre for Applied Biomedical Research-CRBA, University of Bologna, St. Orsola Hospital, 40138 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1904-1577
Fabrizia SuzziCentre for Applied Biomedical Research-CRBA, University of Bologna, St. Orsola Hospital, 40138 Bologna, Italy.
Ilaria LeoniCentre for Applied Biomedical Research-CRBA, University of Bologna, St. Orsola Hospital, 40138 Bologna, Italy.
Francesca FornariCentre for Applied Biomedical Research-CRBA, University of Bologna, St. Orsola Hospital, 40138 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4302-4411

Funding

Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro IG-25187Regione Emilia-Romagna Innovative approaches to the diagnosis and pharmacogenetics-based therapies of primary hepatic tumors, peripheral B and T-cell lymphomas and lymphoblastic leukaemias
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the deadliest cancers. HCC is associated with multiple risk factors and is characterized by a marked tumor heterogeneity that makes its molecular classification difficult to apply in the clinics. The lack of circulating biomarkers for the diagnosis, prognosis, and prediction of response to treatments further undermines the possibility of developing personalized therapies. Accumulating evidence affirms the involvement of cancer stem cells (CSCs) in tumor heterogeneity, recurrence, and drug resistance. Owing to the contribution of CSCs to treatment failure, there is an urgent need to develop novel therapeutic strategies targeting, not only the tumor bulk, but also the CSC subpopulation. Clarification of the molecular mechanisms influencing CSC properties, and the identification of their functional roles in tumor progression, may facilitate the discovery of novel CSC-based therapeutic targets to be used alone, or in combination with current anticancer agents, for the treatment of HCC. Here, we review the driving forces behind the regulation of liver CSCs and their therapeutic implications. Additionally, we provide data on their possible exploitation as prognostic and predictive biomarkers in patients with HCC.

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biomarkersCSCsHCCmicroRNAstemnesstreatments

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PMID34572776
PMCPMC8472624

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