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CD10/ALDH cells are the sole cisplatin-resistant component of a novel ovarian cancer stem cell hierarchy.

Ffrench, Brendan
Gasch, Claudia
Hokamp, Karsten
Spillane, Cathy
Blackshields, Gordon
Mahgoub, Thamir Mahmoud
Bates, Mark
Kehoe, Louise
Mooney, Aoibhinn
Doyle, Ronan
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It is long established that tumour-initiating cancer stem cells (CSCs) possess chemoresistant properties. However, little is known of the mechanisms involved, particularly with respect to the organisation of CSCs as stem-progenitor-differentiated cell hierarchies. Here we aimed to elucidate the relationship between CSC hierarchies and chemoresistance in an ovarian cancer model. Using a single cell-based approach to CSC discovery and validation, we report a novel, four-component CSC hierarchy based around the markers cluster of differentiation 10 (CD10) and aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH). In a change to our understanding of CSC biology, resistance to chemotherapy drug cisplatin was found to be the sole property of CD10
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en
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2041-4889
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10.1038/cddis.2017.379
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29048400
29048400
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This study was primarily supported by The Emer Casey Foundation (to BF, JOL). Researchers were supported by further funding from The Irish Cancer Society (to MG, JOL), Science Foundation Ireland (to JOL) and Health Research Board (Ireland) (to JOL). We thank Professor Peter Andrews, University of Sheffield for his technical advice and support throughout the study. We also thank Dr. Eamon Breen (IMM, TCD) and Dr. Barry Moran (TBSI, TCD) for their help with flow cytometry. Funding for the flow cytometry facility (TBSI, TCD) was provided by Science Foundation Ireland (Grant 12/RI/2340(7)).
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