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CANCER RESEARCH
Volume 72, Issue 22, Pages 5658-5662Publisher
AMER ASSOC CANCER RESEARCH
DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-12-0953
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- National Cancer Institute [R01CA157933, R01CA152309, R21CA152623]
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Cancer stem cells may be responsible for tumor initiation and maintenance. The molecular mechanisms that control cancer stem cells are related to alterations in various signaling pathways, including the Wnt/beta-catenin signaling pathway. The canonical Wnt/beta-catenin signaling pathway is one of the major signaling systems in stem and progenitor cells, and aberrant activation of the Wnt/beta-catenin signaling pathway is common in human cancers. As with beta-catenin, FoxM1 has been found to play important roles in a number of cancers. In this review, we discuss the evidence that FoxM1 affects the expression and function of a variety of genes that are critical to the survival, proliferation, invasion, angiogenesis, and self-renewal of cancer stem cells. We highlight the pivotal roles of the Wnt/beta-catenin and FoxM1 signaling pathways in neural stem and progenitor cells and glioma stem cells. We also discuss the evidence for cross-talk between the beta-catenin and FoxM1 signaling pathways in the regulation of the stemness and tumorigenicity of glioma stem cells. Cancer Res; 72(22); 5658-62. (C) 2012 AACR.
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