Signaling pathways in brain tumors and therapeutic interventions

S Li, C Wang, J Chen, Y Lan, W Zhang… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2023 - nature.com
Brain tumors, although rare, contribute to distinct mortality and morbidity at all ages.
Although there are few therapeutic options for brain tumors, enhanced biological …

Cancer cell heterogeneity & plasticity in glioblastoma and brain tumors

A Lauko, A Lo, MS Ahluwalia, JD Lathia - Seminars in cancer biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Brain tumors remain one of the most difficult tumors to treat and, depending on the
diagnosis, have a poor prognosis. Of brain tumors, glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common …

Meningioma DNA methylation groups identify biological drivers and therapeutic vulnerabilities

A Choudhury, ST Magill, CD Eaton, BC Prager… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Meningiomas are the most common primary intracranial tumors. There are no effective
medical therapies for meningioma patients, and new treatments have been encumbered by …

Integrated molecular-morphologic meningioma classification: a multicenter retrospective analysis, retrospectively and prospectively validated

SLN Maas, D Stichel, T Hielscher, P Sievers… - Journal of clinical …, 2021 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE Meningiomas are the most frequent primary intracranial tumors. Patient outcome
varies widely from benign to highly aggressive, ultimately fatal courses. Reliable …

Multiple approaches converge on three biological subtypes of meningioma and extract new insights from published studies

JC Bayley, CC Hadley, AO Harmanci, AS Harmanci… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
One-fifth of meningiomas classified as benign by World Health Organization (WHO)
histopathological grading will behave malignantly. To better diagnose these tumors, several …

Radiotherapy for meningiomas

WC Chen, HK Perlow, A Choudhury, MP Nguyen… - Journal of neuro …, 2022 - Springer
Meningiomas are the most common primary central nervous system neoplasm. Despite
promising recent progress in elucidating the genomic landscape and underlying biology of …

Hypermitotic meningiomas harbor DNA methylation subgroups with distinct biological and clinical features

A Choudhury, WC Chen, CHG Lucas… - Neuro …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Background Meningiomas, the most common primary intracranial tumors, can be separated
into 3 DNA methylation groups with distinct biological drivers, clinical outcomes, and …

Superenhancer activation of KLHDC8A drives glioma ciliation and hedgehog signaling

D Lee, RC Gimple, X Wu, BC Prager, Z Qiu, Q Wu… - The Journal of Clinical …, 2023 - jci.org
Glioblastoma ranks among the most aggressive and lethal of all human cancers. Self-
renewing, highly tumorigenic glioblastoma stem cells (GSCs) contribute to therapeutic …

Both YAP1-MAML2 and constitutively active YAP1 drive the formation of tumors that resemble NF2 mutant meningiomas in mice

F Szulzewsky, S Arora, AKS Arakaki… - Genes & …, 2022 - genesdev.cshlp.org
YAP1 is a transcriptional coactivator regulated by the Hippo signaling pathway, including
NF2. Meningiomas are the most common primary brain tumors; a large percentage exhibit …

Meningioma: current updates on genetics, classification, and mouse modeling

F Szulzewsky, HN Thirimanne… - Upsala Journal of …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Meningiomas, the most common primary brain tumors in adults, are often benign and
curable by surgical resection. However, a subset is of higher grade, shows aggressive …