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ReviewStem cell reviews and reports2023

Cancer stem cells: an insight into the development of metastatic tumors and therapy resistance.

Tahsin Nairuz, Zimam Mahmud, Rasel Khan Manik, Yearul Kabir

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Review in Stem cell reviews and reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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23citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
7.4field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
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

23 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. The role of stem cells in precision medicine: next-generation cancer treatment.Journal of the Egyptian National Cancer Institute · 2025
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  14. Targeted Cancer Stem Cell Therapeutics: An Update.Current topics in medicinal chemistry · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Tahsin NairuzDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali, Bangladesh.
Zimam MahmudDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, 1000, Bangladesh.
Rasel Khan ManikDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, 1000, Bangladesh.
Yearul KabirDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, 1000, Bangladesh. ykabir@du.ac.bd.ORCID 0000-0002-0242-9199
University of Dhaka · BDNoakhali Science and Technology University · BD

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The term "cancer stem cells" (CSCs) refers to cancer cells that exhibit traits parallel to normal stem cells, namely the potential to give rise to every type of cell identified in a tumor microenvironment. It has been found that CSCs usually develops from other neoplastic cells or non-cancerous somatic cells by acquiring stemness and malignant characteristics through particular genetic modifications. A trivial number of CSCs, identified in solid and liquid cancer, can give rise to an entire tumor population with aggressive anticancer drug resistance, metastasis, and invasiveness. Besides, cancer stem cells manipulate their intrinsic and extrinsic features, regulate the metabolic pattern of the cell, adjust efflux-influx efficiency, modulate different signaling pathways, block apoptotic signals, and cause genetic and epigenetic alterations to retain their pluripotency and ability of self-renewal. Notably, to keep the cancer stem cells' ability to become malignant cells, mesenchymal stem cells, tumor-associated fibroblasts, immune cells, etc., interact with one another. Furthermore, CSCs are characterized by the expression of particular molecular markers that carry significant diagnostic and prognostic significance. Because of this, scientific research on CSCs is becoming increasingly imperative, intending to understand the traits and behavior of cancer stem cells and create more potent anticancer therapeutics to fight cancer at the CSC level. In this review, we aimed to elucidate the critical role of CSCs in the onset and spread of cancer and the characteristics of CSCs that promote severe resistance to targeted therapy.

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Antineoplastic AgentsNeoplasmsHumansNeoplastic Stem CellsSignal TransductionTumor MicroenvironmentAntineoplastic AgentsCancer biomarkersCancer metastasisCancer stem cellsTherapy resistanceTumor microenvironment

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PMID37129728
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