Dear Editor,Cancer stem cells(CSCs)are thought to be responsible for cancer initiation,growth,recurrence,metastasis,and drug resistance.1 Therefore,targeting CSCs is an effective therapeutic approach for cancer.2 Howe...Dear Editor,Cancer stem cells(CSCs)are thought to be responsible for cancer initiation,growth,recurrence,metastasis,and drug resistance.1 Therefore,targeting CSCs is an effective therapeutic approach for cancer.2 However,there are few CSC-specific targets with functional extracellular domains for the development of antibody drugs.3 Our published paper demonstrated that transmembrane 4 L six family member 1(TM4SF1)coupled discoidin domain receptor tyrosine kinase 1(DDR1)under collagen I stimulation activated JAK2-STAT3 signaling.This noncanonical DDR1 signaling sustained the manifestation of CSC traits by inducing SOX2 and NANOG expression and drove multiorgan metastases.展开更多
基金National Key Research and Development Program of China(2015CB964800)National Natural Science Foundation of China(81773084 and 81972736)+2 种基金Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Commission(18142202200)One Thousand Talents Program of Shanghai(SH04020 to H.G.)H.G.received an Eastern Scholarship from the Program for Professors of Special Appointment at Shanghai Institutions of Higher Learning(2013-14).
文摘Dear Editor,Cancer stem cells(CSCs)are thought to be responsible for cancer initiation,growth,recurrence,metastasis,and drug resistance.1 Therefore,targeting CSCs is an effective therapeutic approach for cancer.2 However,there are few CSC-specific targets with functional extracellular domains for the development of antibody drugs.3 Our published paper demonstrated that transmembrane 4 L six family member 1(TM4SF1)coupled discoidin domain receptor tyrosine kinase 1(DDR1)under collagen I stimulation activated JAK2-STAT3 signaling.This noncanonical DDR1 signaling sustained the manifestation of CSC traits by inducing SOX2 and NANOG expression and drove multiorgan metastases.
