CSC news roundup 2010-03-27

• The Wnt/β-Catenin Pathway Is Required for the Development of Leukemia Stem Cells in AML [FriendFeed entry][Connotea bookmark][PubMed citation] http://bit.ly/cfLPyK


• Expansion of CD133+ colon cancer cultures retaining stem cell properties to enable cancer stem cell target discovery [FriendFeed entry][Connotea bookmark][PubMed citation] http://bit.ly/9NLTZ8


• Loss of heterozygosity of the tumor suppressor gene Tg737 in the side population cells of hepatocellular carcinomas is associated with poor prognosis [FriendFeed entry][PubMed citation] http://bit.ly/dCQGYL


• Cancer Stem Cells: The Final Frontier for Glioma Virotherapy [FriendFeed entry][CiteULike entry][PubMed citation] http://bit.ly/c8GeYb


• MUC4 down-regulation reverses chemoresistance of pancreatic cancer stem/progenitor cells and their progenies [FriendFeed entry][ResearchGATE entry][Connotea bookmark][PubMed citation] http://bit.ly/cvcfX7


• Expression of Pluripotent Stem Cell Reprogramming Factors by Prostate Tumor Initiating Cells [FriendFeed entry][PubMed citation] http://bit.ly/9jtqLK


• Molecular signaling of the epithelial to mesenchymal transition in generating and maintaining cancer stem cells [FriendFeed entry] [ResearchGATE entry][PubMed citation] http://bit.ly/9xWial


• Cancer stemness and metastasis: Therapeutic consequences and perspectives [FriendFeed entry][Connotea bookmark][PubMed citation] http://bit.ly/9s0W14


• Gene-expression profiles, tumor microenvironment, and cancer stem cells in breast cancer: Latest advances towards an integrated approach [FriendFeed entry][Connotea bookmark][PubMed citation] http://bit.ly/dgqE0n


• Molecular biology of breast cancer stem cells: Potential clinical applications [FriendFeed entry][PubMed citation] http://bit.ly/as3m3j


• In Situ Identification of Putative Cancer Stem Cells by Multiplexing ALDH1, CD44, and Cytokeratin Identifies Breast Cancer Patients with Poor Prognosis [FriendFeed entry][Connotea bookmark][PubMed citation] http://bit.ly/9rXuWC


• c-Jun Induces Mammary Epithelial Cellular Invasion and Breast Cancer Stem Cell Expansion [FriendFeed entry][PubMed citation] http://bit.ly/aInNB2


• The Utility and Limitations of Neurosphere Assay, CD133 Immunophenotyping and Side Population Assay in Glioma Stem Cell Research [FriendFeed entry][Connotea bookmark][PubMed citation] http://bit.ly/9O4PtL


• Methods of assaying sensitivity of cancer stem cells to therapeutic modalities (USPTO Application) [FriendFeed entry][FreshPatents entry] http://bit.ly/dcWhtJ


• Cancer Stem Cells [Book and Media Reviews] JAMA 2010(Mar 17);303(11):1098 [FriendFeed entry][Book contents] http://bit.ly/9PY8xP


• Challenges in the development of future treatments for breast cancer stem cells (OA review) [FriendFeed entry] http://bit.ly/9DGutB