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BULLETIN DU CANCER
卷 102, 期 1, 页码 24-33出版社
JOHN LIBBEY EUROTEXT LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.bulcan.2014.07.001
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Cancer stem cells; Perivascular niche; Hypoxic niche; Glioblastoma
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The concept of cancer stem cell (CSC) was established from models of leukemogenesis explaining tumor repopulation by the clonogenic properties of this specific population of tumoral cells. Among solid tumors, glioblastoma are currently the most documented models. Cancer stem cells reside in specific locations within tumors called niches. Anatomically, two complementary niches have been described in glioblastoma. The first one is a pen vascular niche composed of vessels (endothelial cells, pericytes) and their microenvironment (integrins, interleukins) constitutive the nest of normal neural stem cells and cancer stem cells. The second one is a hypoxic niche found in regions with low oxygen tension such as the core of the tumor. In these niches, mutual interactions between CSC and their microenvironment involving the activation of multiple signaling pathways promote stemness maintenance and tumor propagation. The median overall survival of glioblastoma does not exceed 15 months despite an aggressive multimodal treatment, thus the therapeutic targeting of these niches, by systemic agents or radiotherapy, in order to inhibit the signaling pathways involved in the maintenance of the CSC niches, represents a major challenge. The combination of these two strategies appears promising and many clinical trials are underway.
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