Unraveling molecular signatures in rare bone tumors and navigating the cancer pathway landscapes for targeted therapeutics

AK Wani, A Prakash, S Sena, N Akhtar, R Singh… - Critical Reviews in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Rare cancers (RCs), which account for over 20% of cancer cases, face significant research
and treatment challenges due to their limited prevalence. This results in suboptimal …

Emerging target discovery and drug repurposing opportunities in chordoma

DM Freed, J Sommer, N Punturi - Frontiers in Oncology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The development of effective and personalized treatment options for patients with rare
cancers like chordoma is hampered by numerous challenges. Biomarker-guided …

Thiophanate-methyl induces notochord toxicity by activating the PI3K-mTOR pathway in zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos

X Che, Y Huang, K Zhong, K Jia, Y Wei, Y Meng… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Thiophanate-methyl (TM), a typical pesticide widely used worldwide, was detected
in rivers, soil, fruits, and vegetables. Thus, it is urgent to identify the potential harm of TM …

Multivariate analysis and validation of the prognostic factors for skull base chordoma

C Teng, Q Yang, Z Xiong, N Ye, X Li - Frontiers in Surgery, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background: Skull base chordoma is a rare tumor with low-grade malignancy and a high
recurrence rate, the factors affecting the prognosis of patients need to be further studied. For …

Prognostic relevance and in vitro targeting of concomitant PTEN and p16 deficiency in chordomas

C Seeling, E Mosca, E Mantel, P Möller, TFE Barth… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Chordomas are rare malignant bone tumors that predominantly occur
along the spine. The most frequent alterations include the loss of PTEN and p16 proteins …

Small molecule profiling to define synergistic EGFR inhibitor combinations in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

NL Michmerhuizen, ML Ludwig, AC Birkeland… - Head & …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is a debilitating disease
with poor survival. Although epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)‐targeting antibody …

Combinatorial therapies for epigenetic, immunotherapeutic, and genetic targeting of chordoma

C Godinez, B Campilan, C Schroeder, J Arditi… - Journal of Neuro …, 2024 - Springer
Purpose Chordoma, a rare malignancy of the axial skeleton and skull base, presents
significant therapeutic challenges due to the high rates of tumor recurrence and resistance …

Animal model considerations for chordoma research: reproducing the tumor microenvironment in vivo with humanized mice

B Campilan, C Schroeder, E Sagaityte, J Arditi… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Animal models have been commonly used in immunotherapy research to study the cell
response to external agents and to assess the effectiveness and safety of new therapies …

TOMM20 as a potential prognostic biomarker in chordoma: results from a high-volume, single-center study

I Micaily, S Lee, A Basu Mallick, T Zhan… - American Journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Objectives As few large studies identify correlative biomarkers in chordoma, our objective
was to use our large, single-center chordoma tumor bank to identify novel signaling …

Targeting mTOR pathway in PTEN deleted newly isolated chordoma cell line

F Pagani, M Gryzik, E Somenza, M Cominelli… - Journal of Personalized …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Chordomas are rare primary malignant tumours of notochordal origin usually arising along
the axial skeleton with particular predilection of the skull base and sacrococcygeal region …