Articles about CSC in Stem Cells journal (Dec 2008)

Articles on CSC in the December 2008 (Vol 26, No 12) issue of the journal Stem Cells:

The Stem Cell-Associated Antigen CD133 (Prominin-1) Is a Molecular Therapeutic Target for Metastatic Melanoma by Germana Rappa, Oystein Fodstad, Aurelio Lorico, Stem Cells 2008; 26(12): 3008-17 [Epub 2008(Sep 18)][PubMed Citation].

Hedgehog Signaling Regulates Brain Tumor-Initiating Cell Proliferation and Portends Shorter Survival for Patients with PTEN-Coexpressing Glioblastomas by Qijin Xu and 4 co-authors, including John S Yu, Stem Cells 2008; 26(12): 3018-26 [Epub 2008(Sep 11)][PubMed Citation].

Brain Cancer Stem Cells Display Preferential Sensitivity to Akt Inhibition by Christine E Eyler and 5 co-authors, including Jeremy N Rich, Stem Cells 2008; 26(12): 3027-36 [Epub 2008(Sep 18)][PubMed Citation].

Quantitative Mass Spectrometry Identifies Drug Targets in Cancer Stem Cell-Containing Side Population by Sebastian CJ Steiniger and 4 co-authors, including Kim D Janda, Stem Cells 2008; 26(12): 3037-46 [Epub 2008(Sep 18)][PubMed Citation].

Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type 1 Infection of CD34+ Hematopoietic Progenitor Cells Induces Cell Cycle Arrest by Modulation of p21cip1/waf1 and Survivin by Prabal Banerjee and 3 co-authors, including Gerold Feuer, Stem Cells 2008; 26(12): 3047-58 [Epub 2008(Sep 25)][PubMed Citation].

Identification of a Small Subpopulation of Candidate Leukemia-Initiating Cells in the Side Population of Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia by Bijan Moshaver and 9 co-authors, including , Gerrit Jan Schuurhuis, Stem Cells 2008; 26(12): 3059-67 [Epub 2008(Oct 2)][PubMed Citation].

OCT4 Spliced Variants Are Differentially Expressed in Human Pluripotent and Nonpluripotent Cells by Yaser Atlasi and 4 co-authors, including Peter W Andrews, Stem Cells 2008; 26(12): 3068-74 [Epub 2008(Sep 11)][PubMed Citation].

[These articles are not publicly accessible, unlike two interviews, with Alan Trounson and Rudolf Jaenisch, in the same issue of Stem Cells].