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ReviewCell death & disease2024

Targeted therapy of cancer stem cells: inhibition of mTOR in pre-clinical and clinical research.

Boram Son, Wonhwa Lee, Hyeonjeong Kim, Heungsoo Shin, Hee Ho Park

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Review in Cell death & disease, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Rapamycin Targets Cancer Stem Cells to Decrease Cisplatin Resistance in a Head and Neck Cancer Mouse Xenograft Model.Journal of oral pathology & medicine : official publication of the International Association of Oral Pathologists and the American Academy of Oral Pathology · 2026
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  2. Targeting mTOR with vistusertib attenuates metabolic steatohepatitis and prevents HCC development.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2026
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  3. Integrating multi-omics data for next-generation cancer research and precision medicine.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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  4. Translational Geroscience Strategies for Delaying Multimorbidity.ACS pharmacology & translational science · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Boram Son *Department of Bioengineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, 04763, Republic of Korea.
Wonhwa Lee *Department of Chemistry, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, 16419, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0003-4336-5221
Hyeonjeong KimDepartment of Bioengineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, 04763, Republic of Korea.
Heungsoo ShinDepartment of Bioengineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, 04763, Republic of Korea. hshin@hanyang.ac.kr.
Hee Ho ParkDepartment of Bioengineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, 04763, Republic of Korea. parkhh@hanyang.ac.kr.ORCID 0000-0003-1498-5624

Funding

National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) 2021R1C1C1014606National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) RS-2023-00207746
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are a type of stem cell that possesses not only the intrinsic abilities of stem cells but also the properties of cancer cells. Therefore, CSCs are known to have self-renewal and outstanding proliferation capacity, along with the potential to differentiate into specific types of tumor cells. Cancers typically originate from CSCs, making them a significant target for tumor treatment. Among the related cascades of the CSCs, mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway is regarded as one of the most important signaling pathways because of its association with significant upstream signaling: phosphatidylinositol 3‑kinase/protein kinase B (PI3K/AKT) pathway and mitogen‑activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascade, which influence various activities of stem cells, including CSCs. Recent studies have shown that the mTOR pathway not only affects generation of CSCs but also the maintenance of their pluripotency. Furthermore, the maintenance of pluripotency or differentiation into specific types of cancer cells depends on the regulation of the mTOR signal in CSCs. Consequently, the clinical potential and importance of mTOR in effective cancer therapy are increasing. In this review, we demonstrate the association between the mTOR pathway and cancer, including CSCs. Additionally, we discuss a new concept for anti-cancer drug development aimed at overcoming existing drawbacks, such as drug resistance, by targeting CSCs through mTOR inhibition.

Indexed as

Neoplastic Stem CellsTOR Serine-Threonine KinasesAnimalsHumansMolecular Targeted TherapyMTOR InhibitorsNeoplasmsSignal TransductionMTOR InhibitorsMTOR protein, humanTOR Serine-Threonine Kinases

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PMID39349424
PMCPMC11442590

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