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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2024

Crosstalk between thyroid CSCs and immune cells: basic principles and clinical implications.

Xiaoxiao Li, Hengtong Han, Kaili Yang, Shouhua Li, Libin Ma, Ze Yang, Yong-Xun Zhao

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. [Preparation of retinoic acid and irinotecan co-loaded lipo-somes and theirZhejiang da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Zhejiang University. Medical sciences · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors.

Xiaoxiao LiThe First School of Clinical Medicine, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.
Hengtong HanThe Seventh Department of General Surgery, Department of Thyroid Surgery, The First Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.
Kaili YangThe First School of Clinical Medicine, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.
Shouhua LiThe First School of Clinical Medicine, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.
Libin MaThe Seventh Department of General Surgery, Department of Thyroid Surgery, The First Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.
Ze YangThe Seventh Department of General Surgery, Department of Thyroid Surgery, The First Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.
Yong-Xun ZhaoThe Seventh Department of General Surgery, Department of Thyroid Surgery, The First Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Thyroid cancer has become the most common endocrine malignancy. Although the majority of differentiated thyroid cancers have a favorable prognosis, advanced thyroid cancers, iodine-refractory thyroid cancers, and highly malignant undifferentiated carcinomas still face a serious challenge of poor prognosis and even death. Cancer stem cells are recognized as one of the central drivers of tumor evolution, recurrence and treatment resistance. A fresh viewpoint on the oncological aspects of thyroid cancer, including proliferation, invasion, recurrence, metastasis, and therapeutic resistance, has been made possible by the recent thorough understanding of the defining and developing features as well as the plasticity of thyroid cancer stem cells (TCSCs). The above characteristics of TCSCs are complicated and regulated by cell-intrinsic mechanisms (including activation of key stem signaling pathways, somatic cell dedifferentiation, etc.) and cell-extrinsic mechanisms. The complex communication between TCSCs and the infiltrating immune cell populations in the tumor microenvironment (TME) is a paradigm for cell-extrinsic regulators. This review introduces the current advances in the studies of TCSCs, including the origin of TCSCs, the intrinsic signaling pathways regulating the stemness of TCSCs, and emerging biomarkers; We further highlight the underlying principles of bidirectional crosstalk between TCSCs and immune cell populations driving thyroid cancer progression, recurrence, or metastasis, including the specific mechanisms by which immune cells maintain the stemness and other properties of TCSCs and how TCSCs reshape the immune microenvironmental landscape to create an immune evasive and pro-tumorigenic ecological niche. Finally, we outline promising strategies and challenges for targeting key programs in the TCSCs-immune cell crosstalk process to treat thyroid cancer.

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Neoplastic Stem CellsThyroid NeoplasmsTumor MicroenvironmentAnimalsBiomarkers, TumorCell CommunicationHumansSignal TransductionBiomarkers, Tumorimmune cellsimmunotherapytargeting cancer stem cellsthyroid cancerthyroid cancer stem cells

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PMID39776907
PMCPMC11703838

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