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. 2021 Mar 23;6:124. doi: 10.1038/s41392-021-00491-w

Fig. 3.

Fig. 3

The adaptive transition within GSCs classifications. Therapeutic sensitive GSCs like PN GSCs can transform into MES GSCs which show resistance to cancer treatment. PN GSCs mostly dependent on glycolysis, and MES GSCs switch its metabolism between glycolysis and OXPHOS. PN GSCs metabolize glucose while MES GSCs can switch between glucose and glutamine. The Notch and Wnt pathway are preferentially activated in PN GSCs; the activation of TGF-β pathway and NF-κB pathway are mostly observed in MES GSCs