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Characterization of melanospheres derived from clinical melanoma specimens in terms of their capability to recapitulate parental tumor phenotype, the frequency of cells with stem cell-like properties, and response to changes in microenvironment, including potential anticancer drugs

2011/01/B/NZ4/04921

Keywords:

cancer stem cells melanoma natural drugs,

Descriptors:

  • NZ4_11: Metabolism

Panel:

NZ4 - Biology of tissues, organs and organisms: morphology and functions of animal's and human's systems, organs and organisms, experimental medicine, basics of neurology

Host institution :

Uniwersytet Medyczny w Łodzi, Wydział Lekarski

woj. łódzkie

Other projects carried out by the institution 

Principal investigator (from the host institution):

prof. Małgorzata Czyż 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 7

Call: OPUS 1 - announced on 2011-03-15

Amount awarded: 1 020 000 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2011-12-16

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2014-12-15

Project duration:: 36 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. cytometr przepływowy (430 000 PLN)

Information in the final report

  • Publication in academic press/journals (7)
  1. MITF in melanoma - mechanisms behind its expression and activity
    Authors:
    Mariusz L Hartman, Malgorzata Czyz
    Academic press:
    Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences (rok: 2014, tom: Epub, strony: 2014 Nov 30. [Epub ahead of print]), Wydawca: Springer
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1007/s00018-014-1791-0 - link to the publication
  2. Sphere formation and self-renewal capacity of melanoma cells is affected by the microenvironment
    Authors:
    Malgorzata Sztiller-Sikorska, Kamila Koprowska, Justyna Jakubowska, Izabela Zalesna, Marta Stasiak, Markus Duechler and Malgorzata Ewa Czyz
    Academic press:
    Melanoma Research (rok: 2012, tom: 22, strony: 215-224), Wydawca: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1097/CMR.0b013e3283531317 - link to the publication
  3. Phenotypic diversity of patient-derived melanoma populations in stem cell medium
    Authors:
    Malgorzata Sztiller-Sikorska, Mariusz L. Hartman, Beata Talar, Justyna Jakubowska, Izabela Zalesna, Malgorzata Czyz
    Academic press:
    Laboratory Investigation (rok: 2015, tom: 95, strony: 672-683), Wydawca: Nature Publishing Group
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1038/labinvest.2015.48 - link to the publication
  4. Natural Compounds' Activity against Cancer Stem-Like or Fast-Cycling Melanoma Cells
    Authors:
    Sztiller-Sikorska M, Koprowska K, Majchrzak K, Hartman M, Czyz M
    Academic press:
    PLoS ONE (rok: 2014, tom: 9 (3), strony: e90783), Wydawca: PLOS
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1371/journal.pone.0090783 - link to the publication
  5. Pro-apoptotic Activity of BH3-only Proteins and BH3 Mimetics: from Theory to Potential Cancer Therapy
    Authors:
    Mariusz L. Hartman and Malgorzata Czyz
    Academic press:
    Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry (rok: 2012, tom: 12, strony: 966-981), Wydawca: Bentham Science Publishers
    Status:
    Published
  6. Anti-apoptotic proteins on guard of melanoma cell survival
    Authors:
    Mariusz L. Hartman, Malgorzata Czyz
    Academic press:
    Cancer Letters (rok: 2013, tom: 331, strony: 24-34), Wydawca: Elsevier Ireland Ltd
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.canlet.2013.01.010 - link to the publication
  7. Parthenolide reduces the frequency of ABCB5-positive cells and clonogenic capacity of melanoma cells from anchorage independent melanospheres
    Authors:
    Malgorzata Czyz, Kamila Koprowska and Malgorzata Sztiller-Sikorska
    Academic press:
    Cancer Biology & Therapy (rok: 2013, tom: 14, strony: 135-145), Wydawca: www.landesbioscience.com
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.4161/cbt.22952 - link to the publication