The expanding world of N-MYC–driven tumors

DS Rickman, JH Schulte, M Eilers - Cancer discovery, 2018 - AACR
Enhanced and deregulated expression of N-MYC, a member of the MYC family of
transcription factors, drives the development of multiple tumors, including tumors of the …

Neuroblastoma: paradigm for precision medicine

MS Irwin, JR Park - Pediatric Clinics, 2015 - pediatric.theclinics.com
Neuroblastoma (NB), the most common extracranial tumor of childhood, is a cancer of
primordial neural crest cells that give rise to sympathetic neural ganglia and adrenal …

Developing targeted therapies for neuroblastoma by dissecting the effects of metabolic reprogramming on tumor microenvironments and progression

W Jin, Y Zhang, Z Zhao, M Gao - Theranostics, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Rationale: Synergic reprogramming of metabolic dominates neuroblastoma (NB)
progression. It is of great clinical implications to develop an individualized risk …

Unique genetic and epigenetic mechanisms driving paediatric diffuse high-grade glioma

C Jones, SJ Baker - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2014 - nature.com
Diffuse high-grade gliomas (HGGs) of childhood are a devastating spectrum of disease with
no effective cures. The two-year survival for paediatric HGG ranges from 30%, for tumours …

Advances in the translational genomics of neuroblastoma: From improving risk stratification and revealing novel biology to identifying actionable genomic alterations

KR Bosse, JM Maris - Cancer, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Neuroblastoma is an embryonal malignancy that commonly affects young children and is
remarkably heterogenous in its malignant potential. Recently, the genetic basis of …

MYCN amplification drives an aggressive form of spinal ependymoma

DR Ghasemi, M Sill, K Okonechnikov, A Korshunov… - Acta …, 2019 - Springer
Spinal ependymal tumors form a histologically and molecularly heterogeneous group of
tumors with generally good prognosis. However, their treatment can be challenging if …

Structural basis of N-Myc binding by Aurora-A and its destabilization by kinase inhibitors

MW Richards, SG Burgess, E Poon… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Myc family proteins promote cancer by inducing widespread changes in gene expression.
Their rapid turnover by the ubiquitin–proteasome pathway is regulated through …

Multiple mechanisms disrupt the let-7 microRNA family in neuroblastoma

JT Powers, KM Tsanov, DS Pearson, F Roels… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
Poor prognosis in neuroblastoma is associated with genetic amplification of MYCN. MYCN
is itself a target of let-7, a tumour suppressor family of microRNAs implicated in numerous …

Targeting MYCN-driven transcription by BET-bromodomain inhibition

A Henssen, K Althoff, A Odersky, A Beckers… - Clinical Cancer …, 2016 - AACR
Purpose: Targeting BET proteins was previously shown to have specific antitumoral efficacy
against MYCN-amplified neuroblastoma. We here assess the therapeutic efficacy of the BET …

Emergence of New ALK Mutations at Relapse of Neuroblastoma

G Schleiermacher, N Javanmardi, V Bernard… - Journal of Clinical …, 2014 - ascopubs.org
Purpose In neuroblastoma, the ALK receptor tyrosine kinase is activated by point mutations.
We investigated the potential role of ALK mutations in neuroblastoma clonal evolution …