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| Gabriela DontuSummaryAffiliation: University of Michigan Country: USA Publications
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In vitro propagation and transcriptional profiling of human mammary stem/progenitor cellsGabriela Dontu
Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology Oncology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
Genes Dev 17:1253-70. 2003..The isolation and characterization of these stem cells should help elucidate the molecular pathways that govern normal mammary development and carcinogenesis...
Survival of mammary stem cells in suspension culture: implications for stem cell biology and neoplasiaGabriela Dontu
Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology Oncology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
J Mammary Gland Biol Neoplasia 10:75-86. 2005....
Mammary stem cells, self-renewal pathways, and carcinogenesisSuling Liu
Comprehensive Cancer Center, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Breast Cancer Res 7:86-95. 2005..If 'tumor stem cells' are inherently resistant to current therapies, targeting stem cell self-renewal pathways might provide a novel approach for breast cancer treatment...
Cancer stem cells: an old idea--a paradigm shiftMax S Wicha
University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 0942, USA
Cancer Res 66:1883-90; discussion 1895-6. 2006..The development of more effective cancer therapies may thus require targeting this important cell population...
ALDH1 is a marker of normal and malignant human mammary stem cells and a predictor of poor clinical outcomeChristophe Ginestier
Department of Internal Medicine, Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
Cell Stem Cell 1:555-67. 2007..These findings offer an important new tool for the study of normal and malignant breast stem cells and facilitate the clinical application of stem cell concepts...
Stem cells in normal breast development and breast cancerGabriela Dontu
Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology Oncology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
Cell Prolif 36:59-72. 2003..This phenotypic diversity is driven by a small subset of mammary tumour stem cells. We will discuss the important implications of this mammary tumour stem-cell model...
Breast cancer, stem/progenitor cells and the estrogen receptorGabriela Dontu
Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology Oncology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
Trends Endocrinol Metab 15:193-7. 2004..Furthermore, the concept of breast cancer as a disease of mammary stem and progenitor cells has profound implications for the development of new strategies for breast cancer prevention and therapy...
Role of Notch signaling in cell-fate determination of human mammary stem/progenitor cellsGabriela Dontu
Comprehensive Cancer Center, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Breast Cancer Res 6:R605-15. 2004..The vertebrate Notch1 and Notch4 homologs are involved in normal development of the mammary gland, and mutated forms of these genes are associated with development of mouse mammary tumors...
Stem cells in mammary development and carcinogenesis: implications for prevention and treatmentGabriela Dontu
Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology Oncology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
Stem Cell Rev 1:207-13. 2005..Furthermore, the concept of cancer as a disease of stem and progenitor cells has profound implications for the development of new strategies for cancer prevention and therapy...
Hedgehog signaling and Bmi-1 regulate self-renewal of normal and malignant human mammary stem cellsSuling Liu
Comprehensive Cancer Center, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0946, USA
Cancer Res 66:6063-71. 2006..These studies support a cancer stem cell model in which the hedgehog pathway and Bmi-1 play important roles in regulating self-renewal of normal and tumorigenic human mammary stem cells...
CXCR1 blockade selectively targets human breast cancer stem cells in vitro and in xenograftsChristophe Ginestier
University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Department of Internal Medicine Oncology, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 0015, USA
J Clin Invest 120:485-97. 2010..Our data therefore suggest that CXCR1 blockade may provide a novel means of targeting and eliminating breast CSCs...
Targeting breast stem cells with the cancer preventive compounds curcumin and piperineMadhuri Kakarala
Division of Hematology Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine and Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Michigan, 2150 Cancer Center, 1500 E Medical Center Dr, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
Breast Cancer Res Treat 122:777-85. 2010..Mammosphere formation assays may be a quantifiable biomarker to assess cancer preventive agent efficacy and Wnt signaling assessment can be a mechanistic biomarker for use in human clinical trials...
BRCA1 regulates human mammary stem/progenitor cell fateSuling Liu
Comprehensive Cancer Center, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 105:1680-5. 2008..Because BRCA1 also plays a role in DNA repair, our work suggests that loss of BRCA1 may result in the accumulation of genetically unstable breast stem cells, providing prime targets for further carcinogenic events...
Breast cancer stem cells are regulated by mesenchymal stem cells through cytokine networksSuling Liu
Comprehensive Cancer Center and School of Dentistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
Cancer Res 71:614-24. 2011..Bone marrow-derived MSCs may accelerate human breast tumor growth by generating cytokine networks that regulate the CSC population...
[The cancer stem cell: the breast cancer driver]Christophe Ginestier
University of Michigan Medical Center, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Int Med Hematology Oncology, 1500 E Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Med Sci (Paris) 23:1133-9. 2007..This model has fundamental implications for breast cancer treatment. The development of specific therapeutics that target this population is an important focus for the future...
Monitoring serial changes in circulating human breast cancer cells in murine xenograft modelsJean Pierre Eliane
Breast Oncology Program, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 0942, USA
Cancer Res 68:5529-32. 2008..These results establish a new method for studying CTC in mouse models of epithelial cancer, providing the foundation for studies of molecular regulation of CTC in cancer and CTC as biomarker for therapeutic efficacy...
Breast cancer stem cells-research opportunities utilizing mathematical modelingRina Ashkenazi
Department of Mathematics, University of Michigan, 530 Church St, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
Stem Cell Rev 3:176-82. 2007....
Cancer stem cells in breast: current opinion and future challengesEmmanuelle Charafe-Jauffret
Département d Oncologie Moléculaire, Centre de Recherche en Cancerologie de Marseille, Marseille, France
Pathobiology 75:75-84. 2008..Following this approach, new molecules are currently in development. Focusing on the cross-talk between stem cells and their microenvironment is also a promising way to explore how to better target cancer stem cells and be curative...
