Research

2009

DLL4 Blockade Inhibits Tumor Growth and Reduces Tumor-Initiating Cell Frequency. Timothy Hoey,* Wan-Ching Yen, Fumiko Axelrod, Jesspreet Basi, Lucas Donigian,Scott Dylla, Maureen Fitch-Bruhns, Sasha Lazetic,In-Kyung Park, Aaron Sato,Sanjeev Satyal, Xinhao Wang, Michael F. Clarke, John Lewicki and Austin Gurney. Cell Stem Cell. 2009 5:168-177

Pancreatic cancer stem cells and relevance to cancer treatments. Bednar F, Simeone DM. J Cell Biochem. 2009 May 1;107(1):40-5

Discovery of fully human anti-MET monoclonal antibodies with antitumor activity against colon cancer tumor models in vivo. van der Horst EH, Chinn L, Wang M, Velilla T, Tran H, Madrona Y, Lam A, Ji M, Hoey TC, Sato AK. Neoplasia. 2009 Apr; 11(4):355-64

Association of reactive oxygen species levels and radioresistance in cancer stem cells. Diehn M, Cho RW, Lobo NA, Kalisky T, Dorie MJ, Kulp AN, Qian D, Lam JS, Ailles LE, Wong M, Joshua B, Kaplan MJ, Wapnir I, Dirbas FM, Somlo G, Garberoglio C, Paz B, Shen J, Lau SK, Quake SR, Brown JM, Weissman IL, Clarke MF. Nature. 2009 Apr 9;458(7239):780-3.

Aldehyde dehydrogenase 1 is a tumor stem cell-associated marker in lung cancer. Jiang F, Qiu Q, Khanna A, Todd NW, Deepak J, Xing L, Wang H, Liu Z, Su Y, Stass SA, Katz RL. Mol Cancer Res. 2009 Mar;7(3):330-8. Epub 2009 Mar 10.

Identification of Gastric Cancer Stem Cells Using the Cell Surface Marker CD44. Takaishi S, Okumura T, Tu S, Wang SS, Shibata W, Vigneshwaran R, Gordon SA, Shimada Y, Wang TC. Stem Cells. 2009 Feb 12;27(5):1006-1020

Prominin 1 marks intestinal stem cells that are susceptible to neoplastic transformation. Zhu L, Gibson P, Currle DS, Tong Y, Richardson RJ, Bayazitov IT, Poppleton H, Zakharenko S, Ellison DW, Gilbertson RJ. Nature. 2009 Jan 29;457(7229):603-7. Epub 2008 Dec 17.


2008

Crypt stem cells as the cells-of-origin of intestinal cancer. Barker N, Ridgway RA, van Es JH, van de Wetering M, Begthel H, van den Born M, Danenberg E, Clarke AR, Sansom OJ, Clevers H. Nature. Epub 2008 Dec 17.

Cancer stem cells in solid tumours: accumulating evidence and unresolved questions. Visvader JE, Lindeman GJ. Nat Rev Cancer. 2008 Oct;8(10):755-68. Epub 2008 Sep 11.

Single-cell cloning of colon cancer stem cells reveals a multi-lineage differentiation capacity. Vermeulen L, Todaro M, de Sousa Mello F, Sprick MR, Kemper K, Perez Alea M, Richel DJ, Stassi G, Medema JP. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 Sep 9;105(36):13427-32. Epub 2008 Sep 2.

A stochastic model for cancer stem cell origin in metastatic colon cancer. Odoux C, Fohrer H, Hoppo T, Guzik L, Stolz DB, Lewis DW, Gollin SM, Gamblin TC, Geller DA, Lagasse E. Cancer Res. 2008 Sep 1;68(17):6932-41.

Colorectal Cancer Stem Cells Are Enriched in Xenogeneic Tumors Following Chemotherapy. Dylla SJ, Beviglia L, Park IK, Chartier C, Raval J, et al. PLoS ONE. 2008 Jun 18;3(6):e2428 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0002428

Cancer stem cell heterogeneity in hereditary breast cancer. Wicha MS. Breast Cancer Res. 2008;10(2):105. Epub 2008 Apr 16.

Significance of CD90+ cancer stem cells in human liver cancer. Yang ZF, Ho DW, Ng MN, Lau CK, Yu WC, Ngai P, Chu PW, Lam CT, Poon RT, Fan ST. Cancer Cell. 2008 Feb;13(2):153-66.


2007

The biology of cancer stem cells. Lobo NA, Shimono Y, Qian D, Clarke MF. Annu Rev Cell Dev Biol. 2007;23:675-99.

Isolation and Molecular Characterization of Cancer Stem Cells in MMTV-Wnt-1 Murine Breast Tumors. Cho RW, Wang X, Diehn M, Shedden K, Chen GY, Sherlock G, Gurney A, Lewicki J, Clarke MF. Stem Cells. 2007 Nov 1 (E-publication ahead of print.)

Distinct populations of cancer stem cells determine tumor growth and metastatic activity in human pancreatic cancer. Hermann PC, Huber SL, Herrler T, Aicher A, Ellwart JW, Guba M, Bruns CJ, Heeschen C. Cell Stem Cell. 2007 Sep 13;1(3):313-23.

Phenotypic characterization of human colorectal cancer stem cells. Dalerba P, Dylla SJ, Park IK, Lui R, Wang X, Cho RW, Hoey T, Gurney A, Huang EH, Simeone DM, Shelton AA, Parmiani G, Castelli C, Clarke MF. Proc Natl Acad SCi U S A. 2007 Jun online publication.

The prognostic role of a gene signature from tumorigenic breast-cancer cells. Liu R, Wang X, Chen GY, Dalerba P, Gurney A, Hoey T, Sherlock G, Lewicki J, Shedden K, Clarke MF. N Engl J Med. 2007 Jan 18;356(3):217-26.

Identification of a subpopulation of cells with cancer stem cell properties in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Prince ME, Sivanandan R, Kaczorowski A, Wolf GT, Kaplan MJ, Dalerba P, Weissman IL, Clarke MF, Ailles LE. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Jan 16;104(3):973-8. Epub 2007 Jan 8


2006

Cancer: stem cells and brain tumours. Dirks PB. Nature. 2006 Dec 7;444(7120):687-8.

A human colon cancer cell capable of initiating tumour growth in immunodeficient mice. O'Brien CA, Pollett A, Gallinger S, Dick JE. Nature. 2007 Jan 4;445(7123):106-10. Epub 2006 Nov 19

Glioma stem cells promote radioresistance by preferential activation of the DNA damage response. Bao S, Wu Q, McLendon RE, Hao Y, Shi Q, Hjelmeland AB, Dewhirst MW, Bigner DD, Rich JN. Nature. 2006 Dec 7;444(7120):756-60. Epub 2006 Oct 18.

Prostate cancer stem cells. Collins AT, Maitland NJ. Eur J Cancer. 2006 Apr 20

Pten, tumorigenesis, and stem cell self-renewal. Rossi DJ, Weissman IL. Cell. 2006 Apr 21;125(2):229-31

Cancer stem cells: Opportunities for novel diagnostics and drug discovery. Keith WN. Eur J Cancer. 2006 Apr 17

Roots and stems: stem cells in cancer. Polyak K, Hahn WC. Nat Med. 2006 Mar;12(3):296-300.

stem cells: an old idea--a paradigm shift. Wicha MS, Liu S, Dontu G. Cancer Res. 2006 Feb 15;66(4):1883-90


2005

Dynamics of chronic myeloid leukaemia. Michor F, Hughes TP, Iwasa Y, Branford S, Shah NP, Sawyers CL, Nowak MA. Nature. 2005 Jun 30;435(7046):1267-70.

Multiple drug resistance in cancer revisited: the cancer stem cell hypothesis. Donnenberg VS, Donnenberg AD. J Clin Pharmacol. 2005 Aug;45(8):872-7.

Tumour stem cells and drug resistance. Dean M, Fojo T, Bates S. Nat Rev Cancer. 2005 Apr;5(4):275-84.

Identification of bronchioalveolar stem cells in normal lung and lung cancer. Kim CF, Jackson EL, Woolfenden AE, Lawrence S, Babar I, Vogel S, Crowley D, Bronson RT, Jacks T. Cell. 2005 Jun 17;121(6):823-35.

Leukaemia stem cells and the evolution of cancer-stem-cell research. Huntly BJ, Gilliland DG. Nat Rev Cancer. 2005 Apr;5(4):311-21.

Self-renewal and solid-tumor stem cells. Clarke MF. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2005 Feb;11(2 Suppl 2):14-6

Brain tumor stem cells. Dirks PB. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2005 Feb;11(2 Suppl 2):12-3

Opinion: migrating cancer stem cells - an integrated concept of malignant tumour progression. Brabletz T, Jung A, Spaderna S, Hlubek F, Kirchner T. Nat Rev Cancer. 2005 Sep;5(9):744-9.


2004

Granulocyte-macrophage progenitors as candidate leukemic stem cells in blast-crisis CML. Jamieson CH, Ailles LE, Dylla SJ, Muijtjens M, Jones C, Zehnder JL, Gotlib J, Li K, Manz MG, Keating A, Sawyers CL, Weissman IL. N Engl J Med. 2004 Aug 12;351(7):657-67

Identification of human brain tumour initiating cells. Singh SK, Hawkins C, Clarke ID, Squire JA, Bayani J, Hide T, Henkelman RM, Cusimano MD, Dirks PB. Nature. 2004 Nov 18;432(7015):396-401

Stem cell origin of cancer and differentiation therapy. Sell S.,Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 2004, 51:1-28

Acute myeloid leukemia originates from a hierarchy of leukemic stem cell classes that differ in self-renewal capacity. Hope KJ, Jin L, Dick JE: Nat Immunol 2004, 5:738-43

Isolation of cancer stem cells from adult glioblastoma multiforme. Yuan X, Curtin J, Xiong Y, Liu G, Waschsmann-Hogiu S, Farkas DL, Black KL, Yu JS. Oncogene. 2004 Dec 16;23(58):9392-400.

Tissue repair and stem cell renewal in carcinogenesis. Beachy PA, Karhadkar SS, Berman DM. Nature. 2004 Nov 18;432(7015):324-31.

CD133, a novel marker for human prostatic epithelial stem cells. Richardson GD, Robson CN, Lang SH, Neal DE, Maitland NJ, Collins AT. J Cell Sci. 2004 Jul 15;117(Pt 16):3539-45

Tumor stem cells. Kopper L, Hajdu M. Pathol Oncol Res. 2004;10(2):69-73. Epub 2004 Jun 9


2003

Prospective identification of tumorigenic breast cancer cells. Al-Hajj M, Wicha MS, Benito-Hernandez A, Morrison SJ, Clarke MF: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2003, 100:3983-3988.

Similar MLL-associated leukemias arising from self-renewing stem cells and short-lived myeloid progenitors. Cozzio A, Passegue E, Ayton PM, Karsunky H, Cleary ML, Weissman IL: Genes Dev 2003, 17:3029-3035.

Identification of a cancer stem cell in human brain tumors. Singh SK, Clarke ID, Terasaki M, Bonn VE, Hawkins C, Squire J, Dirks PB. Cancer Res. 2003 Sep 15;63(18):5821-8

Applying the principles of stem-cell biology to cancer. Pardal R, Clarke MF, Morrison SJ. Nat Rev Cancer. 2003 Dec;3(12):895-902.


2002 and Earlier

Stem cells, cancer, and cancer stem cells. Reya T, Morrison SJ, Clarke MF, Weissman IL: Nature 2001, 414:105-111.

Human acute myeloid leukemia is organized as a hierarchy that originates from a primitive hematopoietic cell. Bonnet D, Dick JE: Nat Med 1997, 3:730-737.