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- Title
Fatty Acid Metabolites and the Tumor Microenvironment as Potent Regulators of Cancer Stem Cell Signaling.
- Authors
Murai, Toshiyuki; Matsuda, Satoru
- Abstract
Individual cancer cells are not equal but are organized into a cellular hierarchy in which only a rare few leukemia cells can self-renew in a manner reminiscent of the characteristic stem cell properties. The PI3K/AKT pathway functions in a variety of cancers and plays a critical role in the survival and proliferation of healthy cells under physiologic conditions. In addition, cancer stem cells might exhibit a variety of metabolic reprogramming phenotypes that cannot be completely attributed to the intrinsic heterogeneity of cancer. Given the heterogeneity of cancer stem cells, new strategies with single-cell resolution will become a powerful tool to eradicate the aggressive cell population harboring cancer stem cell phenotypes. Here, this article will provide an overview of the most important signaling pathways of cancer stem cells regarding their relevance to the tumor microenvironment and fatty acid metabolism, suggesting valuable strategies among cancer immunotherapies to inhibit the recurrence of tumors.
- Subjects
TUMOR microenvironment; CELL communication; CANCER stem cells; FATTY acids; WNT signal transduction; CELL populations; PI3K/AKT pathway
- Publication
Metabolites (2218-1989), 2023, Vol 13, Issue 6, p709
- ISSN
2218-1989
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/metabo13060709