Targeting cancer stem cell pathways for cancer therapy

L Yang, P Shi, G Zhao, J Xu, W Peng, J Zhang… - Signal transduction and …, 2020 - nature.com
Since cancer stem cells (CSCs) were first identified in leukemia in 1994, they have been
considered promising therapeutic targets for cancer therapy. These cells have self-renewal …

Emerging roles of Myc in stem cell biology and novel tumor therapies

GJ Yoshida - Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research, 2018 - Springer
The pathophysiological roles and the therapeutic potentials of Myc family are reviewed in
this article. The physiological functions and molecular machineries in stem cells, including …

[HTML][HTML] Translation of non-canonical open reading frames as a cancer cell survival mechanism in childhood medulloblastoma

DA Hofman, J Ruiz-Orera, I Yannuzzi, R Murugesan… - Molecular Cell, 2024 - cell.com
A hallmark of high-risk childhood medulloblastoma is the dysregulation of RNA translation.
Currently, it is unknown whether medulloblastoma dysregulates the translation of putatively …

Genomic analysis identifies new drivers and progression pathways in skin basal cell carcinoma

X Bonilla, L Parmentier, B King, F Bezrukov, G Kaya… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) of the skin is the most common malignant neoplasm in humans.
BCC is primarily driven by the Sonic Hedgehog (Hh) pathway. However, its phenotypic …

Hotspot mutations in H3F3A and IDH1 define distinct epigenetic and biological subgroups of glioblastoma

D Sturm, H Witt, V Hovestadt, DA Khuong-Quang… - Cancer cell, 2012 - cell.com
Glioblastoma (GBM) is a brain tumor that carries a dismal prognosis and displays
considerable heterogeneity. We have recently identified recurrent H3F3A mutations affecting …

Dissecting the genomic complexity underlying medulloblastoma

DTW Jones, N Jäger, M Kool, T Zichner, B Hutter… - Nature, 2012 - nature.com
Medulloblastoma is an aggressively growing tumour, arising in the cerebellum or
medulla/brain stem. It is the most common malignant brain tumour in children, and shows …

Genome sequencing of pediatric medulloblastoma links catastrophic DNA rearrangements with TP53 mutations

T Rausch, DTW Jones, M Zapatka, AM Stütz, T Zichner… - Cell, 2012 - cell.com
Genomic rearrangements are thought to occur progressively during tumor development.
Recent findings, however, suggest an alternative mechanism, involving massive …

Medulloblastoma comprises four distinct molecular variants

PA Northcott, A Korshunov, H Witt… - Journal of clinical …, 2011 - ascopubs.org
Purpose Recent genomic approaches have suggested the existence of multiple distinct
subtypes of medulloblastoma. We studied a large cohort of medulloblastomas to determine …

Medulloblastomics: the end of the beginning

PA Northcott, DTW Jones, M Kool, GW Robinson… - Nature Reviews …, 2012 - nature.com
The division of medulloblastoma into different subgroups by microarray expression profiling
has dramatically changed our perspective of this malignant childhood brain tumour. Now …