7-Dehydrocholesterol is an endogenous suppressor of ferroptosis

FP Freitas, H Alborzinia, AF Dos Santos… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Ferroptosis is a form of cell death that has received considerable attention not only as a
means to eradicate defined tumour entities but also because it provides unforeseen insights …

Adult-onset cancer predisposition syndromes in children and adolescents—to test or not to test?

CP Kratz, PJ Lupo, K Zelley, J Schienda… - Clinical Cancer …, 2024 - aacrjournals.org
With the increasing use of comprehensive germline genetic testing of children and
adolescents with cancer, it has become evident that pathogenic variants (PVs) in adult-onset …

Reply to Li and Colleagues

CP Kratz, D Smirnov, R Autry, N Jäger… - JNCI: Journal of the …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
This is a valid argument. However, the use of an extreme phenotype case–control design
(eg, by using healthy elderly controls to search for cancer associated genes) has been …

Regulatory non-coding somatic mutations as drivers of neuroblastoma

A Montella, M Tirelli, VA Lasorsa, V Aievola… - British Journal of …, 2025 - nature.com
Background Emerging evidence suggests that non-coding somatic single nucleotide
variants (SNVs) in cis-regulatory elements (CREs) contribute to cancer by disrupting gene …

From the identification of actionable molecular targets to the generation of faithful neuroblastoma patient-derived preclinical models

M Capasso, C Brignole, VA Lasorsa, V Bensa… - Journal of Translational …, 2024 - Springer
Background Neuroblastoma (NB) represents the most frequent and aggressive form of
extracranial solid tumor of infants. Although the overall survival of patients with NB has …

Long-Term Risk of Subsequent Neoplasms in 5-Year Survivors of Childhood Neuroblastoma: A Dutch Childhood Cancer Survivor Study-LATER 3 Study

ASR Westerveld, GAM Tytgat… - Journal of Clinical …, 2024 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE Neuroblastoma survivors have an increased risk of developing subsequent
malignant neoplasms (SMNs), but the risk of subsequent nonmalignant neoplasms (SNMNs) …

[HTML][HTML] Cell communication pathway prognostic model identified detrimental neurodevelopmental pathways in neuroblastoma

J Wang, H Li, Y Xue, Y Zhang, X Ma, C Zhou, L Rong… - Neoplasia, 2024 - Elsevier
Neurodevelopmental cell communication plays a crucial role in neuroblastoma prognosis.
However, determining the impact of these communication pathways on prognosis is …

Integrative genomic analyses identify neuroblastoma risk genes involved in neuronal differentiation

M Tirelli, F Bonfiglio, S Cantalupo, A Montella… - Human Genetics, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS) have been decisive in elucidating the
genetic predisposition of neuroblastoma (NB). The majority of genetic variants identified in …

Case report: A safeguard in the sea of variants of uncertain significance: a case study on child with high risk neuroblastoma and acute myeloid leukemia

F Fabozzi, R Carrozzo, M Lodi, A Di Giannatale… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The increased availability of genetic technologies has significantly improved the detection of
novel germline variants conferring a predisposition to tumor development in patients with …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical response to a PARP inhibitor and chemotherapy in a child with BARD1-mutated refractory neuroblastoma: a case report

M Cupit-Link, K Hagiwara, J Zhang… - Research …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Despite advances in the treatment of high-risk neuroblastoma, approximately half of these
patients die from the disease. Targeted therapy based on synthetic lethality associated with …