| Literature DB >> 24634854 |
Jialiang Wang1, Yufang Ma2, Michael K Cooper3.
Abstract
The discovery of cancer stem cells in glioma has created a paradigm shift in our understanding of this deadly disease. Glioma stem cells exhibit sustained self-renewal and potent tumorigenic potential and differ from their more differentiated progeny in response to current therapies. Recurrent disease is likely derived from glioma stem cells or progeny reprogrammed to gain stem cell-like phenotypes, indicating that the stem cell phenotype is a crucial therapeutic target. While debate over cancer stem cell and clonal evolution models persists, important knowledge has been gained over the past decade from glioma stem cells investigation and clinical impact is expected.Entities:
Keywords: Glioma; cancer stem cells
Year: 2013 PMID: 24634854 PMCID: PMC3952560 DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2218-676X.2013.08.01
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Transl Cancer Res ISSN: 2218-676X Impact factor: 1.241