TERT—regulation and roles in cancer formation

M Dratwa, B Wysoczańska, P Łacina, T Kubik… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) is a catalytic subunit of telomerase. Telomerase
complex plays a key role in cancer formation by telomere dependent or independent …

Molecular targeting therapies for neuroblastoma: Progress and challenges

A Zafar, W Wang, G Liu, X Wang, W Xian… - Medicinal research …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
There is an urgent need to identify novel therapies for childhood cancers. Neuroblastoma is
the most common pediatric solid tumor, and accounts for~ 15% of childhood cancer‐related …

ARPC1B promotes mesenchymal phenotype maintenance and radiotherapy resistance by blocking TRIM21-mediated degradation of IFI16 and HuR in glioma stem …

Z Gao, J Xu, Y Fan, Z Zhang, H Wang, M Qian… - Journal of Experimental …, 2022 - Springer
Background Intratumoral heterogeneity is the primary challenge in the treatment of
glioblastoma (GBM). The presence of glioma stem cells (GSCs) and their conversion …

ALK signaling primes the DNA damage response sensitizing ALK-driven neuroblastoma to therapeutic ATR inhibition

M Borenäs, G Umapathy, DE Lind… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
High-risk neuroblastoma (NB) is a significant clinical challenge. MYCN and Anaplastic
Lymphoma Kinase (ALK), which are often involved in high-risk NB, lead to increased …

ATR inhibition enables complete tumour regression in ALK-driven NB mouse models

J Szydzik, DE Lind, B Arefin, Y Kurhe… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
High-risk neuroblastoma (NB) often involves MYCN amplification as well as mutations in
ALK. Currently, high-risk NB presents significant clinical challenges, and additional …

ALT neuroblastoma chemoresistance due to telomere dysfunction–induced ATM activation is reversible with ATM inhibitor AZD0156

B Koneru, A Farooqi, TH Nguyen, WH Chen… - Science translational …, 2021 - science.org
Cancers overcome replicative immortality by activating either telomerase or an alternative
lengthening of telomeres (ALT) mechanism. ALT occurs in~ 25% of high-risk …

Connecting telomere maintenance and regulation to the developmental origin and differentiation states of neuroblastoma tumor cells

EY Yu, NKV Cheung, NF Lue - Journal of Hematology & Oncology, 2022 - Springer
A cardinal feature that distinguishes clinically high-risk neuroblastoma from low-risk tumors
is telomere maintenance. Specifically, neuroblastoma tumors with either active telomerase …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic and histopathological heterogeneity of neuroblastoma and precision therapeutic approaches for extremely unfavorable histology subgroups

H Shimada, N Ikegaki - Biomolecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Peripheral neuroblastic tumors (neuroblastoma, ganglioneuroblastoma and
ganglioneuroma) are heterogeneous and their diverse and wide range of clinical behaviors …

Targeting RAS in neuroblastoma: Is it possible?

L Lin, L Miao, H Lin, J Cheng, M Li, Z Zhuo… - Pharmacology & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Neuroblastoma is a common solid tumor in children and a leading cause of cancer death in
children. Neuroblastoma exhibits genetic, morphological, and clinical heterogeneity that …

Neuroblastoma—Telomere maintenance, deregulated signaling transduction and beyond

SA Stainczyk, F Westermann - International journal of cancer, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The childhood malignancy neuroblastoma belongs to the group of embryonal tumors and
originates from progenitor cells of the sympathoadrenal lineage. Treatment options for …