[HTML][HTML] Current and future trends on diagnosis and prognosis of glioblastoma: from molecular biology to proteomics

AS Silantyev, L Falzone, M Libra, OI Gurina… - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
Glioblastoma multiforme is the most aggressive malignant tumor of the central nervous
system. Due to the absence of effective pharmacological and surgical treatments, the …

Recent progress of targeted G-quadruplex-preferred ligands toward cancer therapy

S Asamitsu, S Obata, Z Yu, T Bando, H Sugiyama - Molecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
A G-quadruplex (G4) is a well-known nucleic acid secondary structure comprising guanine-
rich sequences, and has profound implications for various pharmacological and biological …

Telomere length maintenance in cancer: at the crossroad between telomerase and alternative lengthening of telomeres (ALT)

M De Vitis, F Berardinelli, A Sgura - International journal of molecular …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Eukaryotic cells undergo continuous telomere shortening as a consequence of multiple
rounds of replications. During tumorigenesis, cells have to acquire telomere DNA …

Mutant ATRX: uncovering a new therapeutic target for glioma

S Haase, MB Garcia-Fabiani, S Carney… - Expert opinion on …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: ATRX is a chromatin remodeling protein whose main function is the deposition
of the histone variant H3. 3. ATRX mutations are widely distributed in glioma, and correlate …

[HTML][HTML] Telomere maintenance mechanisms in cancer

T Bordeira Gaspar, A Sá, JM Lopes… - Genes, 2018 - mdpi.com
Tumour cells can adopt telomere maintenance mechanisms (TMMs) to avoid telomere
shortening, an inevitable process due to successive cell divisions. In most tumour cells …

Integrated mutational landscape analysis of uterine leiomyosarcomas

J Choi, A Manzano, W Dong, S Bellone… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - pnas.org
Uterine leiomyosarcomas (uLMS) are aggressive tumors arising from the smooth muscle
layer of the uterus. We analyzed 83 uLMS sample genetics, including 56 from Yale and 27 …

Genomic footprints of activated telomere maintenance mechanisms in cancer

L Sieverling, C Hong, SD Koser, P Ginsbach… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Cancers require telomere maintenance mechanisms for unlimited replicative potential. They
achieve this through TERT activation or alternative telomere lengthening associated with …

Infratentorial IDH-mutant astrocytoma is a distinct subtype

R Banan, D Stichel, A Bleck, B Hong, U Lehmann… - Acta …, 2020 - Springer
Diffuse IDH-mutant astrocytic tumors are rarely diagnosed in the cerebellum or brainstem. In
this multi-institutional study, we characterized a series of primary infratentorial IDH-mutant …