Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma: A ceRNA Analysis Pointed to a Crosstalk between SOX2, TP53, and microRNA Biogenesis by Walter Arancio, Valeria Carina, Giuseppe Pizzolanti, Laura Tomasello, Maria Pitrone, Concetta Baiamonte, Marco Calogero Amato, Carla Giordano

“…It has been suggested that cancer stem cells (CSC) may play a central role in oncogenesis, especially in undifferentiated tumours. …”
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Extracellular Vesicles: A New Prospective in Crosstalk between Microenvironment and Stem Cells in Hematological Malignancies by Ilaria Laurenzana, Daniela Lamorte, Stefania Trino, Luciana De Luca, Concetta Ambrosino, Pietro Zoppoli, Vitalba Ruggieri, Luigi Del Vecchio, Pellegrino Musto, Antonella Caivano, Geppino Falco

“…The bone marrow (BM) microenvironment in hematological malignancies (HMs) comprises heterogeneous populations of neoplastic and nonneoplastic cells. Cancer stem cells (CSCs), neoplastic cells, hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs), and mesenchymal stromal/stem cells (MSCs) are all components of this microenvironment. …”
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Formation of Tumorspheres with Increased Stemness without External Mitogens in a Lung Cancer Model by Juan Sebastian Yakisich, Neelam Azad, Rajkumar Venkatadri, Yogesh Kulkarni, Clayton Wright, Vivek Kaushik, Anand Krishnan V. Iyer

“…Like with most solid tumors, the presence of a subpopulation of cancer stem cells (CSCs) or cancer stem-like cells (CS-LCs) has been associated with chemoresistance and tumor relapse in lung cancer cells. …”
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Emerging Role of Histone Acetyltransferase in Stem Cells and Cancer by Daniela Trisciuoglio, Marta Di Martile, Donatella Del Bufalo

“…The imbalance between acetylation and deacetylation of histone or nonhistone proteins is also involved in the modulation of the self-renewal and differentiation ability of stem cells, including cancer stem cells. Here, we summarize a combination of in vitro and in vivo studies, undertaken on a set of acetyltransferases, and discuss the physiological and pathological roles of this class of enzymes. …”
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Pharmacological activity of OST-01, a natural product from baccharis coridifolia, on breast cancer cells by HyunJun Kang, Dinh Hoa Hoang, Melissa Valerio, Khyatiben Pathak, William Graff, Alexis LeVee, Jun Wu, Mark A. LaBarge, David Frankhouser, Russell C. Rockne, Patrick Pirrotte, Bin Zhang, Joanne Mortimer, Le Xuan Truong Nguyen, Guido Marcucci

“…A shift from a basal-mesenchymal to a luminal-epithelial state of breast cancer stem cells (BCSCs) as supported by the downregulation of stemness (e.g., CD44) and mesenchymal (e.g., FN1 and vimentin) markers, along with the upregulation of differentiation markers (e.g., CD24) and luminal-epithelial markers (e.g., CK19), was also observed.…”
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Molecular Mechanism of Stem Cell Differentiation into Adipocytes and Adipocyte Differentiation of Malignant Tumor by Kexin Zhang, Xudong Yang, Qi Zhao, Zugui Li, Fangmei Fu, Hao Zhang, Minying Zheng, Shiwu Zhang

“…The differentiation of stem cells into multiple mature phenotypes is at the basis for tissue regeneration and repair. Cancer stem cells (CSCs) play a very important role in tumor development and have the potential to differentiate into multiple cell lineages. …”
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Interplay between Inflammation and Stemness in Cancer Cells: The Role of Toll-Like Receptor Signaling by Da-Wei Yeh, Li-Rung Huang, Ya-Wen Chen, Chi-Ying F. Huang, Tsung-Hsien Chuang

“…Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are a small population of cancer cells that exhibit stemness. …”
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HIFU-CCL19/21 Axis Enhances Dendritic Cell Vaccine Efficacy in the Tumor Microenvironment by Bum-Seo Baek, Hyunmi Park, Ji-Woong Choi, Eun-Young Lee, Seung-Yong Seong

“…Background/Objectives: Effectively targeting treatment-resistant tumor cells, particularly cancer stem cells (CSCs) involved in tumor recurrence, remains a major challenge in immunotherapy. …”
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Prominosomes - a particular class of extracellular vesicles containing prominin-1/CD133? by Jana Karbanová, Kristina Thamm, Christine A. Fargeas, Ilker A. Deniz, Aurelio Lorico, Denis Corbeil

“…We will further discuss the molecular and cellular characteristics of prominin-1, notably those that have a direct effect on the release of prominin-1+ EVs, a process that might be directly implicated in donor cell reprogramming of stem and cancer stem cells. Prominin-1+ EVs also mediate intercellular communication during embryonic development and adult homeostasis in healthy individuals, while disseminating biological information during diseases. …”
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Challenging a Misnomer? The Role of Inflammatory Pathways in Inflammatory Breast Cancer by Riley J. Morrow, Nima Etemadi, Belinda Yeo, Matthias Ernst

“…The role of the tumor microenvironment, through tumor-associated macrophages, infiltrating lymphocytes, and cancer stem cells is also discussed, suggesting that these tumor extrinsic factors may help account for the differences in behavior between inflammatory breast cancer and noninflammatory breast cancer. …”
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Immunostaining of Lgr5, an Intestinal Stem Cell Marker, in Normal and Premalignant Human Gastrointestinal Tissue by Laren Becker, Qin Huang, Hiroshi Mashimo

“…With the increasing appreciation for the role of cancer stem cells or tumor-initiating cells in certain tumors, we sought to explore the expression of Lgr5 in normal and premalignant human gastrointestinal tissues. …”
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The Notch Pathway in Breast Cancer Progression by Emmanuel N. Kontomanolis, Sofia Kalagasidou, Stamatia Pouliliou, Xanthoula Anthoulaki, Nikolaos Georgiou, Valentinos Papamanolis, Zacharias N. Fasoulakis

“…The cross-talk of Notch and estrogens, the effect of Notch in breast cancer stem cells formation, and the dependable Notch overexpression during breast tumorigenesis have been studied enough and undoubtedly linked to breast cancer development. …”
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Sequential Treatment with Activin and Hepatocyte Growth Factor Induces FOXM1 to Promote Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastasis by Hong Peng, Ting Ye, Lei Deng, Xiaofang Yang, Zheng Jiang, Jinjun Guo

“…Background. Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are involved in liver metastasis in colorectal cancer (CRC). …”
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Dasatinib and Doxorubicin Treatment of Sarcoma Initiating Cells: A Possible New Treatment Strategy by Ninna Aggerholm-Pedersen, Christina Demuth, Akmal Safwat, Peter Meldgaard, Moustapha Kassem, Boe Sandahl Sorensen

“…Our results demonstrate that dasatinib, but not EGFR-directed treatment, can decrease cell viability of stromal cancer stem cells less sensitive to doxorubicin.…”
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Oct4 Gene Expression in Primary Colorectal Cancer Promotes Liver Metastasis by Shiki Fujino, Norikatsu Miyoshi

“…Oct4 expression cells have self-renewal and differentiation abilities like those of cancer stem cells. Oct4 contributed to forming liver metastasis in CRC.…”
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Immunohistochemical Coexpression of Epithelial Cell Adhesion Molecule and Alpha-Fetoprotein in Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Leonardo do Prado Lima, Carla Jorge Machado, João Bernardo Sancio Rocha Rodrigues, Leonardo de Souza Vasconcellos, Eduardo Paulino Junior, Paula Vieira Teixeira Vidigal, Vivian Resende

“…The epithelial cell adhesion molecule (EpCAM) has been proposed as a marker for cancer stem cells in human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) as well as in the development of novel target therapies. …”
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Impact of developmental state, p53 status, and interferon signaling on glioblastoma cell response to radiation and temozolomide treatment. by Artem Berezovsky, Oluwademilade Nuga, Indrani Datta, Kimberly Bergman, Thais Sabedot, Katherine Gurdziel, Susan Irtenkauf, Laura Hasselbach, Yuling Meng, Claudius Mueller, Emanuel F Petricoin, Stephen Brown, Neeraja Purandare, Sidhesh Aras, Tom Mikkelsen, Laila Poisson, Houtan Noushmehr, Douglas Ruden, Ana C deCarvalho

“…In this study, we employed an integrative multi-omics approach, including targeted proteomics, transcriptomics, genomics, and DNA methylation profiling, to investigate the response of a representative panel of GBM patient-derived cancer stem cells (CSCs) to astrocytic differentiation and RT and TMZ treatments. …”
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Identification and Validation of a Potential Stemness-Associated Biomarker in Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Yangyang Zhang, Ruike Zhang, Lingxiu Zeng, Haizhou Wang, Ruyi Peng, Meng Zhang, Hailin Zhang, Zhenwei Yang, Liping Gao, Meng Wang, Jing Liu

“…Background. Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are typically related to metastasis, recurrence, and drug resistance in malignant tumors. …”
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A Novel In Situ Dendritic Cell Vaccine Triggered by Rose Bengal Enhances Adaptive Antitumour Immunity by Lanlin Zhang, Jiangyuan Du, Qian Song, Chufan Zhang, Xianghua Wu

“…These effects were closely related to the induction of the expression of distinct ICD hallmarks by RB in both bulk cancer cells and cancer stem cells (CSCs), especially calreticulin (CRT), thus enhancing immune effector cell (i.e., CD4+, CD8+, and memory T cells) infiltration and attenuating the accumulation of immunosuppressive cells (i.e., Tregs, macrophages, and myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs)) in the TME. …”
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Assessment of Immuno-histochemical Expression of CD44 in Renal Tumors by Banan Mohammed, khalid Abdulfattah Khattab, Payman Salim

“…Background: Cluster of differentiation 44 (CD44) is the most commonly reported immune marker of the cancer stem cells in renal cell carcinoma.Objectives: To assess the frequency of CD44 expression in renal tumors, to assess the expression of CD44 in different histological types, and to detect its association with variable clinicopathological parameters.Materials and methods: In this retrospective case series study, 76 cases of primary renal tumors were obtained by nephrectomy, and a study of CD44 was done by using the immunohistochemical technique.Results: The age of the patients ranged from 29-82 years with a mean of 54.8 ±11.96 with a male to female ratio of 1.05:1. …”
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