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Therapeutic resistance of breast cancer stem cells and its related signaling pathway

Tong Yalan, Han Tao, Liu Zhongzheng, Yuan Gang, Liang Yan, Liu Zhaozhe, Xie Xiaodong, Yue Chengshan   

  1. Department of Radiation Oncology, Hanzhong Central Hospital of Shaanxi Province, Hanzhong 723000, China
  • Received:2016-12-13 Online:2017-07-08 Published:2017-06-20
  • Contact: Yue Chengshan E-mail:yuechs@163.com
  • Supported by:

    Postdoctoral Science Foundation of China (2015M582822)

Abstract: Breast cancer stem cells (CSCs) are the main causes leading to the failure of treatment of breast cancer and play important roles in the progression of breast cancer and drug resistance, which are closely related to the therapeutic resistance of radiotherapy and chemotherapy, and endocrine therapy. The metastatic potential and therapeutic resistance of CSCs are associated with epithelial mesenchymal transition and Hedgehog, Wnt, interleukin6/signal transduction and tanscriptional activation factor 3, transforming growth factorβ and other signaling pathways. While some of the targeted drugs targeting these signaling pathways are undergoing clinical transformation, which is expected to provide new approach for the clinical treatment of breast cancer.