Journal
STEM CELL RESEARCH & THERAPY
Volume 10, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s13287-019-1222-0
Keywords
EMT; F-box protein; Cancer; Stem cells; Drug resistance; Metastasis
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81572936, 81773186]
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Emerging evidence shows that epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) plays a crucial role in tumor invasion, metastasis, cancer stem cells, and drug resistance. Data obtained thus far have revealed that F-box proteins are critically involved in the regulation of the EMT process and stem cell differentiation in human cancers. In this review, we will briefly describe the role of EMT and stem cells in cell metastasis and drug resistance. We will also highlight how numerous F-box proteins govern the EMT process and stem cell survival by controlling their downstream targets. Additionally, we will discuss whether F-box proteins involved in drug resistance are associated with EMT and cancer stem cells. Targeting these F-box proteins might be a potential therapeutic strategy to reverse EMT and inhibit cancer stem cells and thus overcome drug resistance in human cancers.
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