SOX transcription factors and glioma stem cells: Choosing between stemness and differentiation

Figure 3 Potential cells of origin of glioblastoma. During the neural differentiation process (black arrows), neural stem cells differentiate into fate-restricted precursors that are capable of differentiating into neurons, astrocytes or oligodendrocytes. Glioblastoma cells can arise due to the accumulation of cancer driver mutations in different cell types or due to the dedifferentiation of mature cells (orange arrows). Modified from[224]. References are included in the main text.