Cellular quiescence: How TGFβ protects cancer cells from chemotherapy.

Mol Cell Oncol

The Ronald O. Perelman Department of Dermatology, New York, NY, USA.

Published: January 2018

Using a functional proliferation reporter we identified quiescent tumor propagating cancer cells (TPCs) in intact squamous cell carcinomas, and found that TGFβ signaling controls their reversible entry into a growth arrested state, which protects TPCs from chemotherapy. TPCs with compromised TGFβ/Smad signaling can't enter quiescence and subsequently die from chemotherapy.

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