Paediatric and adult glioblastoma: multiform (epi) genomic culprits emerge

D Sturm, S Bender, DTW Jones, P Lichter, J Grill… - Nature Reviews …, 2014 - nature.com
We have extended our understanding of the molecular biology that underlies adult
glioblastoma over many years. By contrast, high-grade gliomas in children and adolescents …

[HTML][HTML] Newly diagnosed glioblastoma: a review on clinical management

RV Lukas, DA Wainwright, E Ladomersky… - … (Williston Park, NY), 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Glioblastoma is an aggressive primary tumor of the central nervous system. This review will
focus on clinical developments and management of newly diagnosed disease, including a …

Dedifferentiation of neurons and astrocytes by oncogenes can induce gliomas in mice

D Friedmann-Morvinski, EA Bushong, E Ke, Y Soda… - Science, 2012 - science.org
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most common and aggressive malignant primary brain
tumor in humans. Here we show that gliomas can originate from differentiated cells in the …

Single-cell transcriptomics uncovers glial progenitor diversity and cell fate determinants during development and gliomagenesis

Q Weng, J Wang, J Wang, D He, Z Cheng, F Zhang… - Cell stem cell, 2019 - cell.com
The identity and degree of heterogeneity of glial progenitors and their contributions to brain
tumor malignancy remain elusive. By applying lineage-targeted single-cell transcriptomics …

Single-cell transcriptome analysis of lineage diversity in high-grade glioma

J Yuan, HM Levitin, V Frattini, EC Bush, DM Boyett… - Genome medicine, 2018 - Springer
Background Despite extensive molecular characterization, we lack a comprehensive
understanding of lineage identity, differentiation, and proliferation in high-grade gliomas …

MRI-localized biopsies reveal subtype-specific differences in molecular and cellular composition at the margins of glioblastoma

BJ Gill, DJ Pisapia, HR Malone… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
Glioblastomas (GBMs) diffusely infiltrate the brain, making complete removal by surgical
resection impossible. The mixture of neoplastic and nonneoplastic cells that remain after …

The transcriptional coactivator TAZ regulates mesenchymal differentiation in malignant glioma

KPL Bhat, KL Salazar… - Genes & …, 2011 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Recent molecular classification of glioblastoma (GBM) has shown that patients with a
mesenchymal (MES) gene expression signature exhibit poor overall survival and treatment …

A secreted PTEN phosphatase that enters cells to alter signaling and survival

BD Hopkins, B Fine, N Steinbach, M Dendy, Z Rapp… - Science, 2013 - science.org
Phosphatase and tensin homolog on chromosome ten (PTEN) is a tumor suppressor and an
antagonist of the phosphoinositide-3 kinase (PI3K) pathway. We identified a 576–amino …

Cell of origin for malignant gliomas and its implication in therapeutic development

H Zong, LF Parada, SJ Baker - Cold Spring Harbor …, 2015 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Malignant glioma remains incurable despite tremendous advancement in basic research
and clinical practice. The identification of the cell (s) of origin should provide deep insights …

The neurobiology of gliomas: from cell biology to the development of therapeutic approaches

M Westphal, K Lamszus - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2011 - nature.com
Gliomas are the most common type of primary brain tumour and are often fast growing with a
poor prognosis for the patient. Their complex cellular composition, diffuse invasiveness and …