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Meningiomas are a common form of adult brain tumors. Although most meningiomas are benign tumors that are associated with favorable outcomes, a small group of patients develop more aggressive manifestations which currently are more difficult to treat. It has increasingly been recognized that tumor stem-like cells play critical roles in tumor recurrence, angiogenesis, and invasion in malignant brain tumors. Several recent studies identified the stem-like features of sphere-forming cells in human meningiomas. These meningioma sphere cells expressed various progenitor cell biomarkers and can undergo differentiation if appropriate stimuli are applied. Moreover, these meningioma stem-like cells are more resistant to irradiation treatment, and tumorigenic in in vivo xenograft models. These new findings could lead to a better understanding of the development and etiology of meningioma formation and suggest that meningioma stem-like cells may serve as a novel target in therapeutically resistant meningiomas.
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Rath, P., Wilson, J.M., Shi, H. (2013). Presence of an Early Lineage Stem Cell Phenotype in Meningioma-Initiating Cells. In: Hayat, M. (eds) Stem Cells and Cancer Stem Cells, Volume 10. Stem Cells and Cancer Stem Cells, vol 10. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6262-6_19
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