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Cancer stem cells

A biologically constrained agent-based model of cancer stem cell dynamics with reinforcement learning-guided adaptive radiotherapy

Mina Lagzian, S. Ehsan Razavi, Reyhane Kardehi Moghaddam

published 05 Feb 2026

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N-glycosylation of NANOG regulates stemness and apoptosis in colon cancer cells

Yin Tian, Yu Zeng, Yun Liu, Jun Ye, Xin Zhang

published 20 Nov 2025

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In silico identification, high yielding isolation and in vitro validation of 6β-cinnamoyl-7β -hydroxyvouacapen – 5α - ol as a Wnt/β-catenin pathway targeted anti-cancer secondary metabolite of Caesalpinia pulcherrima

Nirwani N. Seneviratne, Tolulope P. Saliu, Fathima T. Muhinudeen, Sanadie D. Gamage, Prabudhi S. Garusinghe, Damith Chathuranga, Vinoda D. Athukorala, Ashein Kothalawala, Asirini H. Jayasekara, Rajitha K. Rathnayaka, Umanda Anjalee De Silva, Mohamed Faries, Thimali H. Weragoda, Shalini K. Wijerathne, Umapriyatharshini Rajagopalan, Kanishka S. Senathilake, Kamani H. Tennekoon, Achyut Adhikari, Sameera R. Samarakoon

published 03 Nov 2025

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Frizzled 7 drives amplification of cancer stem-cell subpopulations and the aggressiveness and poor differentiation of human hepatocellular carcinoma

Anaïs Lopez, Alexia Paturel, Nadim Fares, Floriane Pez, Guanxiong Wang, Patricia Gifu, Lydie Lefrançois, Jihed Chouaref, Pierre Saintigny, Janick Selves, Jean-Marie Peron, Michel Rivoire, Philippe Merle, Claude Caron de Fromentel

published 07 Oct 2025

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Impact of developmental state, p53 status, and interferon signaling on glioblastoma cell response to radiation and temozolomide treatment

Artem Berezovsky, Oluwademilade Nuga, Indrani Datta, Kimberly Bergman, Thais Sabedot, Katherine Gurdziel, Susan Irtenkauf, Laura Hasselbach, Yuling Meng, Claudius Mueller, Emanuel F. . Petricoin III, Stephen Brown, Neeraja Purandare, Sidhesh Aras, Tom Mikkelsen, Laila Poisson, Houtan Noushmehr, Douglas Ruden, Ana C. deCarvalho

published 07 Feb 2025

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Pan-cancer analysis of B3GNT5 with potential implications for cancer immunotherapy and cancer stem cell stemness

Feng Peng, Yechen Feng, Shuo Yu, Ruizhi He, Hebin Wang, Yu Xie, Renyi Qin

published 13 Dec 2024

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Integration of single-cell RNA-seq and bulk RNA-seq to construct liver hepatocellular carcinoma stem cell signatures to explore their impact on patient prognosis and treatment

Lixia Liu, Meng Zhang, Naipeng Cui, Wenwen Liu, Guixin Di, Yanan Wang, Xin Xi, Hao Li, Zhou Shen, Miaomiao Gu, Zichao Wang, Shan Jiang, Bin Liu

published 18 Apr 2024

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SOX2 promotes a cancer stem cell-like phenotype and local spreading in oral squamous cell carcinoma

Alessandro Sacco, Anna Martina Battaglia, Gianluca Santamaria, Caterina Buffone, Selene Barone, Anna Procopio, Anna Maria Lavecchia, Ilenia Aversa, Emanuele Giorgio, Lavinia Petriaggi, Maria Giulia Cristofaro, Flavia Biamonte, Amerigo Giudice

published 14 Dec 2023

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The expression of stem cells markers and its effects on the propensity for recurrence and metastasis in bladder cancer: A systematic review

Agus Rizal Ardy Hariandy Hamid, Yasmina Zahra Syadza, Oliver Emmanuel Yausep, Roberto Bagaskara Indy Christanto, Bayu Hernawan Rahmat Muharia, Chaidir Arif Mochtar

published 17 May 2023

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Less demand on stem cell marker-positive cancer cells may characterize metastasis of colon cancer

Takeshi Kaida, Yoshiki Fujiyama, Takafumi Soeno, Mitsuo Yokota, Shuji Nakamoto, Takuya Goto, Akiko Watanabe, Kota Okuno, Yusuke Nie, Shiori Fujino, Kazuko Yokota, Hiroki Harada, Yoko Tanaka, Toshimichi Tanaka, Keigo Yokoi, Ken Kojo, Hirohisa Miura, Takahiro Yamanashi, Takeo Sato, Jiichiro Sasaki, Takafumi Sangai, Naoki Hiki, Yusuke Kumamoto, Takeshi Naitoh, Keishi Yamashita

published 25 Apr 2023

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FAK downregulation suppresses stem-like properties and migration of human colorectal cancer cells

Chunyan Xu, Wenlu Zhang, Chengxia Liu

published 21 Apr 2023

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Cancer stem cell-derived extracellular vesicles preferentially target MHC-II–macrophages and PD1+ T cells in the tumor microenvironment

Patricia Gonzalez-Callejo, Zihan Guo, Tahereh Ziglari, Natalie Marcia Claudio, Kayla Hoang Nguyen, Naoki Oshimori, Joaquim Seras-Franzoso, Ferdinando Pucci

published 03 Feb 2023

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Analysis of regulatory sequences in exosomal DNA of NANOGP8

Manjusha Vaidya, Jonhoi Smith, Melvin Field, Kiminobu Sugaya

published 25 Jan 2023

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