scispace - formally typeset
Open AccessJournal ArticleDOI

Tumor stem cells derived from glioblastomas cultured in bFGF and EGF more closely mirror the phenotype and genotype of primary tumors than do serum-cultured cell lines.

Reads0
Chats0
TLDR
Significant phenotypic and genotypic differences are demonstrated between primary human tumor-derived TSCs and their matched glioma cell lines, suggesting that TSC's may be a more reliable model than many commonly utilized cancer cell lines for understanding the biology of primary human tumors.
About
This article is published in Cancer Cell.The article was published on 2006-05-01 and is currently open access. It has received 2173 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Neural stem cell & Cell cycle.

read more

Citations
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI

Comprehensive genomic characterization defines human glioblastoma genes and core pathways

Roger E. McLendon, +233 more
- 23 Oct 2008 - 
TL;DR: The interim integrative analysis of DNA copy number, gene expression and DNA methylation aberrations in 206 glioblastomas reveals a link between MGMT promoter methylation and a hypermutator phenotype consequent to mismatch repair deficiency in treated gliobeasts, demonstrating that it can rapidly expand knowledge of the molecular basis of cancer.
Journal ArticleDOI

Multicellular tumor spheroids: an underestimated tool is catching up again

TL;DR: The rationale, potential and flexibility of tumor spheroid mono- and cocultures for implementation into state of the art anti-cancer therapy test platforms are highlighted and the relevance of the cancer stem cell hypothesis for cancer cure is highlighted.
Journal ArticleDOI

Oxygen in Stem Cell Biology: A Critical Component of the Stem Cell Niche

TL;DR: This work has identified a broader spectrum of stem cells influenced by hypoxia that includes cancer stem cells and induced pluripotent stem cells, and elucidate an added dimension of stem cell control within the niche.
Journal ArticleDOI

Cancer stem cells in glioblastoma

TL;DR: To fulfill the future goal of developing novel therapies to collapse CSC dynamics, drawing parallels to other normal and pathological states that are highly interactive with their microenvironments and that use developmental signaling pathways will be beneficial.
References
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI

The 2007 WHO Classification of Tumours of the Central Nervous System

TL;DR: The fourth edition of the World Health Organization (WHO) classification of tumours of the central nervous system, published in 2007, lists several new entities, including angiocentric glioma, papillary glioneuronal tumour, rosette-forming glioneurs tumour of the fourth ventricle, Papillary tumourof the pineal region, pituicytoma and spindle cell oncocytoma of the adenohypophysis.
Journal ArticleDOI

Stem cells, cancer, and cancer stem cells

TL;DR: Stem cell biology has come of age: Unequivocal proof that stem cells exist in the haematopoietic system has given way to the prospective isolation of several tissue-specific stem and progenitor cells, the initial delineation of their properties and expressed genetic programmes, and the beginnings of their utility in regenerative medicine.
Journal ArticleDOI

Identification of human brain tumour initiating cells

TL;DR: The development of a xenograft assay that identified human brain tumour initiating cells that initiate tumours in vivo gives strong support for the CSC hypothesis as the basis for many solid tumours, and establishes a previously unidentified cellular target for more effective cancer therapies.
Journal Article

Identification of a Cancer Stem Cell in Human Brain Tumors

TL;DR: The identification and purification of a cancer stem cell from human brain tumors of different phenotypes that possesses a marked capacity for proliferation, self-renewal, and differentiation is reported.
Journal ArticleDOI

Cancer genes and the pathways they control.

TL;DR: The purposes of this review are to highlight examples of progress in many areas of cancer research, indicate where knowledge is scarce and point out fertile grounds for future investigation.
Related Papers (5)