The neuroscience of cancer

R Mancusi, M Monje - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
The nervous system regulates tissue stem and precursor populations throughout life.
Parallel to roles in development, the nervous system is emerging as a critical regulator of …

Why do patients with cancer die?

A Boire, K Burke, TR Cox, T Guise… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Cancer is a major cause of global mortality, both in affluent countries and increasingly in
develo** nations. Many patients with cancer experience reduced life expectancy and …

A prognostic neural epigenetic signature in high-grade glioma

R Drexler, R Khatri, T Sauvigny, M Mohme, CL Maire… - Nature Medicine, 2024 - nature.com
Neural–tumor interactions drive glioma growth as evidenced in preclinical models, but
clinical validation is limited. We present an epigenetically defined neural signature of …

Remote neuronal activity drives glioma progression through SEMA4F

E Huang-Hobbs, YT Cheng, Y Ko, E Luna-Figueroa… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
The tumour microenvironment plays an essential role in malignancy, and neurons have
emerged as a key component of the tumour microenvironment that promotes tumourigenesis …

Role of the microenvironment in glioma pathogenesis

MA Jayaram, JJ Phillips - Annual Review of Pathology …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Gliomas are a diverse group of primary central nervous system tumors that affect both
children and adults. Recent studies have revealed a dynamic cross talk that occurs between …

High-throughput identification of repurposable neuroactive drugs with potent anti-glioblastoma activity

S Lee, T Weiss, M Bühler, J Mena, Z Lottenbach… - Nature Medicine, 2024 - nature.com
Glioblastoma, the most aggressive primary brain cancer, has a dismal prognosis, yet
systemic treatment is limited to DNA-alkylating chemotherapies. New therapeutic strategies …

The path to leptomeningeal metastasis

J Remsik, A Boire - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2024 - nature.com
The leptomeninges, the cerebrospinal-fluid-filled tissues surrounding the central nervous
system, play host to various pathologies including infection, neuroinflammation and …

Glioma synapses recruit mechanisms of adaptive plasticity

KR Taylor, T Barron, A Hui, A Spitzer, B Yalçin, AE Ivec… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
The role of the nervous system in the regulation of cancer is increasingly appreciated. In
gliomas, neuronal activity drives tumour progression through paracrine signalling factors …

The tumour microenvironment, treatment resistance and recurrence in glioblastoma

J White, MPJ White, A Wickremesekera, L Peng… - Journal of Translational …, 2024 - Springer
The adaptability of glioblastoma (GBM) cells, encouraged by complex interactions with the
tumour microenvironment (TME), currently renders GBM an incurable cancer. Despite …

Integrated proteogenomic characterization of glioblastoma evolution

KH Kim, S Migliozzi, H Koo, JH Hong, SM Park, S Kim… - Cancer cell, 2024 - cell.com
The evolutionary trajectory of glioblastoma (GBM) is a multifaceted biological process that
extends beyond genetic alterations alone. Here, we perform an integrative proteogenomic …