TY - JOUR A2 - Jayappa, Kallesh D. AU - Bien-Möller, Sandra AU - Balz, Ellen AU - Herzog, Susann AU - Plantera, Laura AU - Vogelgesang, Silke AU - Weitmann, Kerstin AU - Seifert, Carolin AU - Fink, Matthias A. AU - Marx, Sascha AU - Bialke, Angela AU - Venugopal, Chitra AU - Singh, Sheila K. AU - Hoffmann, Wolfgang AU - Rauch, Bernhard H. AU - Schroeder, Henry W. S. PY - 2018 DA - 2018/01/17 TI - Association of Glioblastoma Multiforme Stem Cell Characteristics, Differentiation, and Microglia Marker Genes with Patient Survival SP - 9628289 VL - 2018 AB - Patients with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) are at high risk to develop a relapse despite multimodal therapy. Assumedly, glioma stem cells (GSCs) are responsible for treatment resistance of GBM. Identification of specific GSC markers may help to develop targeted therapies. Here, we performed expression analyses of stem cell (ABCG2, CD44, CD95, CD133, ELF4, Nanog, and Nestin) as well as differentiation and microglia markers (GFAP, Iba1, and Sparc) in GBM compared to nonmalignant brain. Furthermore, the role of these proteins for patient survival and their expression in LN18 stem-like neurospheres was analyzed. At mRNA level, ABCG2 and CD95 were reduced, GFAP was unchanged; all other investigated markers were increased in GBM. At protein level, CD44, ELF4, Nanog, Nestin, and Sparc were elevated in GBM, but only CD133 and Nestin were strongly associated with survival time. In addition, ABCG2 and GFAP expression was decreased in LN18 neurospheres whereas CD44, CD95, CD133, ELF4, Nanog, Nestin, and Sparc were upregulated. Altogether only CD133 and Nestin were associated with survival rates. This raises concerns regarding the suitability of the other target structures as prognostic markers, but makes both CD133 and Nestin candidates for GBM therapy. Nevertheless, a search for more specific marker proteins is urgently needed. SN - 1687-966X UR - https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/9628289 DO - 10.1155/2018/9628289 JF - Stem Cells International PB - Hindawi KW - ER -