Journal
CANCER BIOLOGY & THERAPY
Volume 17, Issue 1, Pages 1-10Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/15384047.2015.1121348
Keywords
Angiogenesis; apoptosis; cancer; cancer stem cells; metastasis; NANOG; STAT3
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- Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland [KNW-1-050/D/1/0, KNW-1-035/D/2/0, KNW-2-004/D/3/N, KNW-1-095/N/3/0, KNW-1-151/N/4/0, KNW-1-028/N/5/0]
- DoktoRIS - scholarship program
- European Union
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NANOG is a transcription factor that is involved in the self-renewal of embryonic stem cells (ES) and is a critical factor for the maintenance of the undifferentiated state of pluripotent cells. Extensive data in the literature show that the NANOG gene is aberrantly expressed during the development of malignancy in cancer cells. ES and cancer stem cells (CSCs), a subpopulation of cancer cells within the tumor, are thought to share common phenotypic properties.This review describes the role of NANOG in cancer cell proliferation, epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), apoptosis and metastasis. In addition, this paper illustrates a correlation between NANOG and signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) in the maintenance of cancer stem cell properties and multidrug resistance.Together, the available data demonstrate that NANOG is strictly involved in the process of carcinogenesis and is a potential prognostic marker of malignant tumors.
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