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Stem cells and targeted approaches to melanoma cure
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Murphy GF
; Wilson BJ
; Girouard SD
; Frank NY
; Frank MH
Mol Aspects Med
2014[Oct]; 39
(ä): 33-49
PMID24145241
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Melanoma stem cells, also known as malignant melanoma-initiating cells, are
identifiable through expression of specific biomarkers such as ABCB5 (ATP-binding
cassette, sub-family B (MDR/TAP), member 5), NGFR (nerve growth factor receptor,
CD271) and ALDH (aldehyde dehydrogenase), and drive melanoma initiation and
progression based on prolonged self-renewal capacity, vasculogenic
differentiation and immune evasion. As we will review here, specific roles of
these aggressive subpopulations have been documented in tumorigenic growth,
metastatic dissemination, therapeutic resistance, and malignant recurrence.
Moreover, recent findings have provided pre-clinical proof-of-concept for the
potential therapeutic utility of the melanoma stem cell concept. Therefore,
melanoma stem cell-directed therapeutic approaches represent promising novel
strategies to improve therapy of this arguably most virulent human cancer.