Nature Communications (Apr 2018)

Inhibition of cancer stem cell like cells by a synthetic retinoid

  • Junwei Chen,
  • Xin Cao,
  • Quanlin An,
  • Yao Zhang,
  • Ke Li,
  • Wenting Yao,
  • Fuchun Shi,
  • Yanfang Pan,
  • Qiong Jia,
  • Wenwen Zhou,
  • Fang Yang,
  • Fuxiang Wei,
  • Ning Wang,
  • Biao Yu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03877-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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The discovery of efficient drugs is a main challenge in cancer therapy. Here, the authors report a synthetic retinoid, WYC-209 with anti-tumor and anti-metastatic activity mediated by the retinoic acid receptor signaling pathway.