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] bHLH transcription factors in neural development, disease, and reprogramming

DJ Dennis, S Han, C Schuurmans - Brain research, 2019 - Elsevier
The formation of functional neural circuits in the vertebrate central nervous system (CNS)
requires that appropriate numbers of the correct types of neuronal and glial cells are …

Common developmental requirement for Olig function indicates a motor neuron/oligodendrocyte connection

QR Lu, T Sun, Z Zhu, N Ma, M Garcia, CD Stiles… - Cell, 2002 - cell.com
The oligodendrocyte lineage genes Olig1 and Olig2 encode related bHLH proteins that are
coexpressed in neural progenitors. Targeted disruption of these two genes sheds light on …

Primary brain tumours in adults

A Behin, K Hoang-Xuan, AF Carpentier, JY Delattre - The Lancet, 2003 - thelancet.com
The most frequent primary brain tumours in adults are gliomas and primary CNS
lymphomas. In gliomas, molecular genetic analysis plays an increasing part in classification …

Epidermal growth factor receptor and Ink4a/Arf: convergent mechanisms governing terminal differentiation and transformation along the neural stem cell to astrocyte …

RM Bachoo, EA Maher, KL Ligon, NE Sharpless… - Cancer cell, 2002 - cell.com
Ink4a/Arf inactivation and epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) activation are signature
lesions in high-grade gliomas. How these mutations mediate the biological features of these …

Olig2-regulated lineage-restricted pathway controls replication competence in neural stem cells and malignant glioma

KL Ligon, E Huillard, S Mehta, S Kesari, H Liu… - Neuron, 2007 - cell.com
Recent studies have identified stem cells in brain cancer. However, their relationship to
normal CNS progenitors, including dependence on common lineage-restricted pathways, is …

Personalized immunotherapy against several neuronal and brain tumors

S Kuttruff-coqui, T Weinschenk, J Fritsche… - US Patent …, 2021 - Google Patents
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The oligodendroglial lineage marker OLIG2 is universally expressed in diffuse gliomas

KL Ligon, JA Alberta, AT Kho, J Weiss… - Journal of …, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Astrocytomas, oligodendrogliomas, and oligoastrocytomas, collectively referred to as diffuse
gliomas, are the most common primary brain tumors. These tumors are classified by …

Spiking and nonspiking classes of oligodendrocyte precursor glia in CNS white matter

R Káradóttir, NB Hamilton, Y Bakiri, D Attwell - Nature neuroscience, 2008 - nature.com
A defining feature of glial cells has been their inability to generate action potentials. We
show here that there are two distinct types of morphologically identical oligodendrocyte …

The developmental origin of brain tumours: a cellular and molecular framework

R Azzarelli, BD Simons, A Philpott - Development, 2018 - journals.biologists.com
The development of the nervous system relies on the coordinated regulation of stem cell self-
renewal and differentiation. The discovery that brain tumours contain a subpopulation of …