Targeting the sumoylation pathway in cancer stem cells.

Mol Cell Oncol

Department of Surgery; University of Iowa; Iowa City, IA USA; Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology; University of Iowa; Iowa City, IA USA; Department of Biochemistry; University of Iowa; Iowa City, IA USA.

Published: June 2016

Cancer stem cells (CSCs) represent a subset of tumor cells with tumor-initiating potential. We recently demonstrated that inhibition of the sumoylation pathway cleared the CSC population and repressed the outgrowth of basal breast cancer xenografts. Targeting the sumoylation pathway offers a novel treatment strategy for basal breast cancer.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4905063PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/23723548.2014.964624DOI Listing

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