Tumor-initiating stem-like cells and drug resistance: carcinogenesis through Toll-like receptors, environmental factors, and virus

Drug Delivery and Translational Research
Keigo Machida

Abstract

Neoplasms contain distinct subpopulations of cells known as tumor-initiating stem-like cells (TICs) that have been identified as key drivers of tumor growth and malignant progression with drug resistance. Stem cells normally proliferate through self-renewing divisions in which the two daughter cells differ markedly in their proliferative potential, with one displaying the differentiation phenotypes and another retaining self-renewing activity. Therefore, understanding the molecular mechanisms of hepatocarcinogenesis will be required for the eventual development of improved therapeutic modalities for treating hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Hepatitis C virus (HCV) and hepatitis B virus is a major cause of HCC. Compelling epidemiologic evidence identifies obesity and alcohol as co-morbidity factors that can increase the risk of HCV patients for HCC, especially in alcoholics or obese patients. The mechanisms underlying liver oncogenesis, and how environmental factors contribute to this process, are not yet understood. The HCV-Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4)-Nanog signaling network is established since alcohol/obesity-associated endotoxemia then activates TLR4 signaling, resulting in the induction of the stem cell marker Nanog expressi...Continue Reading

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