Failure of human rhombic lip differentiation underlies medulloblastoma formation

LD Hendrikse, P Haldipur, O Saulnier, J Millman… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Medulloblastoma (MB) comprises a group of heterogeneous paediatric embryonal
neoplasms of the hindbrain with strong links to early development of the hindbrain 1, 2, 3, 4 …

Modeling medulloblastoma in vivo and with human cerebellar organoids

C Ballabio, M Anderle, M Gianesello, C Lago… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Medulloblastoma (MB) is the most common malignant brain tumor in children and among
the subtypes, Group 3 MB has the worst outcome. Here, we perform an in vivo, patient …

Cancer stem cells in brain tumors: From origin to clinical implications

S Lin, K Li, L Qi - MedComm, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Malignant brain tumors are highly heterogeneous tumors with a poor prognosis and a high
morbidity and mortality rate in both children and adults. The cancer stem cell (CSC, also …

Genetic abnormalities, clonal evolution, and cancer stem cells of brain tumors

U Testa, G Castelli, E Pelosi - Medical sciences, 2018 - mdpi.com
Brain tumors are highly heterogeneous and have been classified by the World Health
Organization in various histological and molecular subtypes. Gliomas have been classified …

A group 3 medulloblastoma stem cell program is maintained by OTX2-mediated alternative splicing

O Saulnier, J Zagozewski, L Liang, LD Hendrikse… - Nature Cell …, 2024 - nature.com
OTX2 is a transcription factor and known driver in medulloblastoma (MB), where it is
amplified in a subset of tumours and overexpressed in most cases of group 3 and group 4 …

Dissecting super-enhancer driven transcriptional dependencies reveals novel therapeutic strategies and targets for group 3 subtype medulloblastoma

M Li, Y Han, C Wang, W Kang, W Jiang… - Journal of Experimental …, 2022 - Springer
Background Medulloblastoma is the most common malignant pediatric brain tumor and
group 3 subtype medulloblastoma (G3-MB) exhibits the worst prognosis. Super enhancers …

An OTX2-PAX3 signaling axis regulates Group 3 medulloblastoma cell fate

J Zagozewski, GM Shahriary, LC Morrison… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
OTX2 is a potent oncogene that promotes tumor growth in Group 3 medulloblastoma.
However, the mechanisms by which OTX2 represses neural differentiation are not well …

OTX Genes in Adult Tissues

A Terrinoni, G Micheloni, V Moretti, S Caporali… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
OTX homeobox genes have been extensively studied for their role in development,
especially in neuroectoderm formation. Recently, their expression has also been reported in …

Semaphorin regulation by the chromatin remodeler chd7: An emerging genetic interaction shaping neural cells and neural crest in development and cancer

A Lettieri, R Oleari, AJJ Paganoni… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
CHD7 is a chromatin remodeler protein that controls gene expression via the formation of
multi-protein complexes with specific transcription factors. During development, CHD7 …

DMBX1 promotes tumor proliferation and regulates cell cycle progression via repressing OTX2-mediated transcription of p21 in lung adenocarcinoma cell

J Luo, K Liu, Y Yao, Q Sun, X Zheng, B Zhu, Q Zhang… - Cancer letters, 2019 - Elsevier
Lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) was the predominant histological subtype of lung cancer,
with poor prognosis. By analyzing the TCGA dataset, we found that DMBX1 (diencephalon …