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Lineage Plasticity in Cancer Progression and Treatment.


ABSTRACT: Historically, it has been widely presumed that differentiated cells are determined during development and become irreversibly committed to their designated fates. In certain circumstances, however, differentiated cells can display plasticity by changing their identity, either by dedifferentiation to a progenitor-like state or by transdifferentiation to an alternative differentiated cell type. Such cellular plasticity can be triggered by physiological or oncogenic stress, or it can be experimentally induced through cellular reprogramming. Notably, physiological stresses that promote plasticity, such as severe tissue damage, inflammation, or senescence, also represent hallmarks of cancer. Furthermore, key drivers of cellular plasticity include major oncogenic and tumor suppressor pathways and can be exacerbated by drug treatment. Thus, plasticity may help cancer cells evade detection and treatment. We propose that cancer can be considered as a disease of excess plasticity, a notion that has important implications for intervention and treatment.

SUBMITTER: Le Magnen C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5942183 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Lineage Plasticity in Cancer Progression and Treatment.

Le Magnen Clémentine C   Shen Michael M MM   Shen Michael M MM   Abate-Shen Cory C  

Annual review of cancer biology 20171201


Historically, it has been widely presumed that differentiated cells are determined during development and become irreversibly committed to their designated fates. In certain circumstances, however, differentiated cells can display plasticity by changing their identity, either by dedifferentiation to a progenitor-like state or by transdifferentiation to an alternative differentiated cell type. Such cellular plasticity can be triggered by physiological or oncogenic stress, or it can be experimenta  ...[more]

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