Breast cancer stem cells: A fallow research ground in Africa

Eric Gyan; Linda Ahenkorah Fondjo; William Owiredu; Andrew Jackson; Andrew Green

doi:10.1016/j.prp.2020.153118

Breast cancer stem cells: A fallow research ground in Africa

Pathol Res Pract. 2020 Oct;216(10):153118. doi: 10.1016/j.prp.2020.153118. Epub 2020 Jul 12.

Authors

Eric Gyan¹, Linda Ahenkorah Fondjo², William Owiredu², Andrew Jackson³, Andrew Green³

Affiliations

¹ University of Nottingham, Division of Cancer and Stem Cells, School of Medical Sciences, Nottingham, UK; Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Department of Molecular Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, Kumasi, Ghana; University of Cape Coast, Department of Pathology, School of Medical Sciences, Cape Coast, Ghana. Electronic address: erickgyan@gmail.com.
² Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Department of Molecular Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, Kumasi, Ghana.
³ University of Nottingham, Division of Cancer and Stem Cells, School of Medical Sciences, Nottingham, UK.

PMID: 32853953
DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2020.153118

No abstract available

Keywords: Aldehyde dehydrogenase-1(ALDH1); B cell specific moloney murine leukemia virus integration site 1 (BMI1); CD24; CD44; Cancer stem cells; PROM1.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

AC133 Antigen / genetics*
Africa
Aldehyde Dehydrogenase 1 Family / genetics*
Biomarkers, Tumor / genetics*
Breast / pathology
Breast Neoplasms / diagnosis
Breast Neoplasms / ethnology
Breast Neoplasms / genetics*
Breast Neoplasms / pathology
CD24 Antigen / genetics
Carcinogenesis
Disease Progression
Female
Humans
Hyaluronan Receptors / genetics
Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplastic Stem Cells / pathology
Phenotype
Polycomb Repressive Complex 1 / genetics*
Prognosis

Substances

AC133 Antigen
BMI1 protein, human
Biomarkers, Tumor
CD24 Antigen
CD24 protein, human
CD44 protein, human
Hyaluronan Receptors
PROM1 protein, human
Aldehyde Dehydrogenase 1 Family
Polycomb Repressive Complex 1