Wnt signaling in breast cancer: biological mechanisms, challenges and opportunities

X Xu, M Zhang, F Xu, S Jiang - Molecular cancer, 2020 - Springer
Wnt signaling is a highly conserved signaling pathway that plays a critical role in controlling
embryonic and organ development, as well as cancer progression. Genome-wide …

Zebrafish patient avatars in cancer biology and precision cancer therapy

M Fazio, J Ablain, Y Chuan, DM Langenau… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
In precision oncology, two major strategies are being pursued for predicting clinically
relevant tumour behaviours, such as treatment response and emergence of drug resistance …

Visualizing engrafted human cancer and therapy responses in immunodeficient zebrafish

C Yan, DC Brunson, Q Tang, D Do, NA Iftimia… - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
Xenograft cell transplantation into immunodeficient mice has become the gold standard for
assessing pre-clinical efficacy of cancer drugs, yet direct visualization of single-cell …

Single-cell analysis and functional characterization uncover the stem cell hierarchies and developmental origins of rhabdomyosarcoma

Y Wei, Q Qin, C Yan, MN Hayes, SP Garcia, H Xi, D Do… - Nature cancer, 2022 - nature.com
Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is a common childhood cancer that shares features with
developing skeletal muscle. Yet, the conservation of cellular hierarchy with human muscle …

Rhabdomyosarcoma: current therapy, challenges, and future approaches to treatment strategies

A Zarrabi, D Perrin, M Kavoosi, M Sommer, S Sezen… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is a rare pediatric sarcoma affecting skeletal
muscle in children and young adults. It is responsible for 3% of all childhood malignant …

TWIST2-mediated chromatin remodeling promotes fusion-negative rhabdomyosarcoma

AM Shah, L Guo, MG Morales, P Jaichander… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is a common soft tissue sarcoma in children that resembles
developing skeletal muscle. Unlike normal muscle cells, RMS cells fail to differentiate …

Signaling pathways in Rhabdomyosarcoma invasion and metastasis

F Ramadan, A Fahs, SE Ghayad, R Saab - Cancer and Metastasis …, 2020 - Springer
Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is an aggressive childhood mesenchymal tumor with two major
molecular and histopathologic subtypes: fusion-positive (FP) RMS, characterized by the …

Modeling cancer with flies and fish

RL Cagan, LI Zon, RM White - Developmental cell, 2019 - cell.com
Cancer has joined heart disease as the leading source of mortality in the US. In an era of
organoids, patient-derived xenografts, and organs on a chip, model organisms continue to …

Insights into pediatric rhabdomyosarcoma research: Challenges and goals

ME Yohe, CM Heske, E Stewart… - Pediatric blood & …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Overall survival rates for pediatric patients with high‐risk or relapsed rhabdomyosarcoma
(RMS) have not improved significantly since the 1980s. Recent studies have identified a …

Phenotypic profiling with a living biobank of primary rhabdomyosarcoma unravels disease heterogeneity and AKT sensitivity

G Manzella, LD Schreck, WB Breunis… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Cancer therapy is currently shifting from broadly used cytotoxic drugs to patient-specific
precision therapies. Druggable driver oncogenes, identified by molecular analyses, are …