Nestin

[Nature Cancer] Researchers revealed that periarteriolar bone marrow-resident NG2+/Nestin+ mesenchymal stem cells can also instruct breast cancer disseminated tumor cells to enter dormancy.

[Tissue Engineering Part A] Researchers investigated how glioma initiating cells invaded 3D hydrogels in response to an interstitial flow with respect to their differentiation status. Microfluidic culture systems were used to apply an interstitial flow to the cells migrating from the cell aggregates into the 3D hydrogel.

[Cancer Immunology Immunotherapy] Mechanistic investigations indicated that TGF-β acted on cancer cells to induce the core cancer stem cell-related genes CD133, SOX2, NESTIN, MUSASHI1 and ALDH1A expression and spheres formation via NF-κB–IL6–STAT3 signaling pathway, resulting in the increased cancer stemness and tumorigenic potential.

[Cell Reports] Researchers report that Piwi-like family members were overexpressed in glioblastoma, with Piwil1 most frequently overexpressed. Piwil1 was enriched in glioma stem-like cells to maintain self-renewal.

[Neuro-Oncology] Glioblastoma cells that are part of the tumor microtube-connected tumor network showed activated neurodevelopmental and glioma progression gene expression pathways. Importantly, many of them revealed profiles indicative of increased cellular stemness, including high expression of nestin.

[Oncogene] Deregulation of PARK7 has been implicated in the pathogenesis of various human diseases, including cancer. Scientists clarified the effect of PARK7 on stemness and radioresistance of glioblastoma stem cells.