Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Saleena Ghanny
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-57978 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Singer E E Judkins J J Salomonis N N Matlaf L L Soteropoulos P P McAllister S S Soroceanu L L
Cell death & disease 20150115
Glioblastoma (GBM) resistance to therapy is the most common cause of tumor recurrence, which is ultimately fatal in 90% of the patients 5 years after initial diagnosis. A sub-population of tumor cells with stem-like properties, glioma stem cells (GSCs), is specifically endowed to resist or adapt to the standard therapies, leading to therapeutic resistance. Several anticancer agents, collectively termed redox therapeutics, act by increasing intracellular levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS). I ...[more]