The landscape of the mesenchymal signature in brain tumours

J Behnan, G Finocchiaro, G Hanna - Brain, 2019‏ - academic.oup.com
The complexity of glioblastoma multiforme, the most common and lethal variant of gliomas,
is reflected by cellular and molecular heterogeneity at both the inter-and intra-tumoural …

Phenotypic screening in cancer drug discovery—past, present and future

JG Moffat, J Rudolph, D Bailey - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2014‏ - nature.com
There has been a resurgence of interest in the use of phenotypic screens in drug discovery
as an alternative to target-focused approaches. Given that oncology is currently the most …

Tumor evolution of glioma-intrinsic gene expression subtypes associates with immunological changes in the microenvironment

Q Wang, B Hu, X Hu, H Kim, M Squatrito, L Scarpace… - Cancer cell, 2017‏ - cell.com
We leveraged IDH wild-type glioblastomas, derivative neurospheres, and single-cell gene
expression profiles to define three tumor-intrinsic transcriptional subtypes designated as …

A three-dimensional organoid culture system derived from human glioblastomas recapitulates the hypoxic gradients and cancer stem cell heterogeneity of tumors …

CG Hubert, M Rivera, LC Spangler, Q Wu… - Cancer …, 2016‏ - aacrjournals.org
Many cancers feature cellular hierarchies that are driven by tumor-initiating cancer stem
cells (CSC) and rely on complex interactions with the tumor microenvironment. Standard cell …

Targeting glioma stem cells through combined BMI1 and EZH2 inhibition

X **, LJY Kim, Q Wu, LC Wallace, BC Prager… - Nature medicine, 2017‏ - nature.com
Glioblastomas are lethal cancers defined by angiogenesis and pseudopalisading necrosis.
Here, we demonstrate that these histological features are associated with distinct …

Clinical significance of extracellular vesicles in plasma from glioblastoma patients

D Osti, M Del Bene, G Rappa, M Santos… - Clinical Cancer …, 2019‏ - aacrjournals.org
Purpose: Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common primary brain tumor. The identification of
blood biomarkers reflecting the tumor status represents a major unmet need for optimal …

[HTML][HTML] Phosphorylation of EZH2 activates STAT3 signaling via STAT3 methylation and promotes tumorigenicity of glioblastoma stem-like cells

E Kim, M Kim, DH Woo, Y Shin, J Shin, N Chang… - Cancer cell, 2013‏ - cell.com
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) displays cellular hierarchies harboring a subpopulation of
stem-like cells (GSCs). Enhancer of Zeste Homolog 2 (EZH2), the lysine methyltransferase …

Nitrogen‐Vacancy‐Rich VN Clusters Embedded in Carbon Matrix for High‐Performance Zinc Ion Batteries

Y Bai, L Luo, W Song, S Man, H Zhang… - Advanced …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Vanadium nitride (VN) is a potential cathode material with high capacity and high energy
density for aqueous zinc batteries (AZIBs). However, the slow kinetics resulting from the …

Genomic and phenotypic characterization of a broad panel of patient-derived xenografts reflects the diversity of glioblastoma

RA Vaubel, S Tian, D Remonde… - Clinical Cancer …, 2020‏ - aacrjournals.org
Purpose: Glioblastoma is the most frequent and lethal primary brain tumor. Development of
novel therapies relies on the availability of relevant preclinical models. We have established …

[HTML][HTML] Choline kinase alpha 2 acts as a protein kinase to promote lipolysis of lipid droplets

R Liu, JH Lee, J Li, R Yu, L Tan, Y **a, Y Zheng… - Molecular cell, 2021‏ - cell.com
Lipid droplets are important for cancer cell growth and survival. However, the mechanism
underlying the initiation of lipid droplet lipolysis is not well understood. We demonstrate here …