Glioma stem cells: not all created equal.
A growing body of evidence suggests that only a small subpopulation of malignant glioma cells have true tumorigenic potential. A study by Peñuelas et al. in this issue of Cancer Cell demonstrates that TGF-beta can stimulate self-renewal and inhibit differentiation in a proportion of these glioma-initiating cells.
Center for Cancer Research, Neuro-Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. hfine@mail.nih.gov
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