Medulloblastomics revisited: biological and clinical insights from thousands of patients

V Hovestadt, O Ayrault, FJ Swartling… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Medulloblastoma, a malignant brain tumour primarily diagnosed during childhood, has
recently been the focus of intensive molecular profiling efforts, profoundly advancing our …

Coming in from the cold: overcoming the hostile immune microenvironment of medulloblastoma

T Eisemann, RJ Wechsler-Reya - Genes & Development, 2022 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Medulloblastoma is an aggressive brain tumor that occurs predominantly in children.
Despite intensive therapy, many patients die of the disease, and novel therapies are …

Circular extrachromosomal DNA promotes tumor heterogeneity in high-risk medulloblastoma

OS Chapman, J Luebeck, S Sridhar, ITL Wong, D Dixit… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Circular extrachromosomal DNA (ecDNA) in patient tumors is an important driver of
oncogenic gene expression, evolution of drug resistance and poor patient outcomes …

Spatially resolved transcriptomic profiling of degraded and challenging fresh frozen samples

R Mirzazadeh, Z Andrusivova, L Larsson… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Spatially resolved transcriptomics has enabled precise genome-wide mRNA expression
profiling within tissue sections. The performance of methods targeting the polyA tails of …

Aberrant TGF-β1 signaling activation by MAF underlies pathological lens growth in high myopia

X Zhu, Y Du, D Li, J Xu, Q Wu, W He, K Zhang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
High myopia is a leading cause of blindness worldwide. Myopia progression may lead to
pathological changes of lens and affect the outcome of lens surgery, but the underlying …

The mitochondrial NADH shuttle system is a targetable vulnerability for Group 3 medulloblastoma in a hypoxic microenvironment

J Contenti, Y Guo, A Mazzu, M Irondelle… - Cell Death & …, 2023 - nature.com
Medulloblastoma is a cancerous brain tumor that affects mostly children. Among the four
groups defined by molecular characteristics, Group 3, the least well characterized, is also …

KMT2D suppresses Sonic hedgehog-driven medulloblastoma progression and metastasis

RM Sanghrajka, R Koche, H Medrano, S El Nagar… - Iscience, 2023 - cell.com
The major cause of treatment failure and mortality among medulloblastoma patients is
metastasis intracranially or along the spinal cord. The molecular mechanisms driving tumor …

Downregulation of CRX, a group 3-specific oncogenic transcription factor, inhibits TGF-β/activin signaling in medulloblastoma cells

SA Masurkar, A Deogharkar, HS Bharambe… - Biochemical and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Medulloblastoma, the most common malignant brain tumor in children, consists of four
molecular subgroups WNT, SHH, Group 3, and Group 4. Group 3 has the worst survival rate …

The multilayer community structure of medulloblastoma

I Núñez-Carpintero, M Petrizzelli, A Zinovyev, D Cirillo… - Iscience, 2021 - cell.com
Multilayer networks allow interpreting the molecular basis of diseases, which is particularly
challenging in rare diseases where the number of cases is small compared with the size of …

Le médulloblastome: les dernières avancées majeures

J Contenti, F Bost, NM Mazure - Bulletin du Cancer, 2023 - Elsevier
Résumé Le médulloblastome est une tumeur maligne cérébrale qui touche principalement
les enfants. Elle est rarement retrouvée chez l'adulte. Parmi les quatre groupes de …