Stem cell-associated heterogeneity in Glioblastoma results from intrinsic tumor plasticity shaped by the microenvironment
di: Anne Dirkse, Anna Golebiewska, Thomas Buder, Petr V. Nazarov, Arnaud Muller, Suresh Poovathingal, Nicolaas H. C. Brons, Sonia Leite, Nicolas Sauvageot, Dzjemma Sarkisjan, Mathieu Seyfrid, Sabrina Fritah, Daniel Stieber, Alessandro Michelucci, Frank Hertel, Christel Herold-Mende, Francisco Azuaje, Alexander Skupin, Rolf Bjerkvig, Andreas Deutsch, Anja Voss-Böhme, Simone P. Niclou
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| Pubblicazione: | Nature Portfolio 2019-04-01 |
Descrizione
Cancer stem cells (CSCs) comprise a putative population that can drive growth and resistance. Here, in glioblastoma models the authors show that rather than being a distinct clonal entity, the CSC population represents a plastic state adoptable by most cancer cells via reversible state transitions induced by the microenvironment.