| First Author | Verga Falzacappa MV | Year | 2012 |
| Journal | FEBS J | Volume | 279 |
| Issue | 19 | Pages | 3559-72 |
| PubMed ID | 22846222 | Mgi Jnum | J:202734 |
| Mgi Id | MGI:5521280 | Doi | 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2012.08727.x |
| Citation | Verga Falzacappa MV, et al. (2012) Regulation of self-renewal in normal and cancer stem cells. FEBS J 279(19):3559-3572 |
| abstractText | Mutations can confer a selective advantage on specific cells, enabling them to go through the multistep process that leads to malignant transformation. The cancer stem cell hypothesis postulates that only a small pool of low-cycling stem-like cells is necessary and sufficient to originate and develop the disease. Normal and cancer stem cells share important functional similarities such as 'self-renewal' and differentiation potential. However, normal and cancer stem cells have different biological behaviours, mainly because of a profound deregulation of self-renewal capability in cancer stem cells. Differences in mode of division, cell-cycle properties, replicative potential and handling of DNA damage, in addition to the activation/inactivation of cancer-specific molecular pathways confer on cancer stem cells a malignant phenotype. In the last decade, much effort has been devoted to unravel the complex dynamics underlying cancer stem cell-specific characteristics. However, further studies are required to identify cancer stem cell-specific markers and targets that can help to confirm the cancer stem cell hypothesis and develop novel cancer stem cell-based therapeutic approaches. |
