Heterogeneity in retinoblastoma: a tale of molecules and models

S Stenfelt, MKE Blixt, C All-Ericsson, F Hallböök… - Clinical and …, 2017 - Springer
Retinoblastoma, an intraocular pediatric cancer, develops in the embryonic retina following
biallelic loss of RB1. However, there is a wide range of genetic and epigenetic changes that …

Retinoblastoma: etiology, modeling, and treatment

R Kaewkhaw, D Rojanaporn - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Retinoblastoma is a retinal cancer that is initiated in response to biallelic loss of RB1 in
almost all cases, together with other genetic/epigenetic changes culminating in the …

[HTML][HTML] Retinoblastoma: A review of the molecular basis of tumor development and its clinical correlation in shaping future targeted treatment strategies

S Rathore, A Verma, R Ratna, N Marwa… - Indian Journal of …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Retinoblastoma is a retinal cancer that affects children and is the most prevalent intraocular
tumor worldwide. Despite tremendous breakthroughs in our understanding of the …

Loss of photoreceptorness and gain of genomic alterations in retinoblastoma reveal tumor progression

IE Kooi, BM Mol, AC Moll, P van der Valk… - …, 2015 - thelancet.com
Background Retinoblastoma is a pediatric eye cancer associated with RB1 loss or MYCN
amplification (RB1+/+ MYCN A). There are controversies concerning the existence of …

Somatic genomic alterations in retinoblastoma beyond RB1 are rare and limited to copy number changes

IE Kooi, BM Mol, MPG Massink, N Ameziane… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Retinoblastoma is a rare childhood cancer initiated by RB1 mutation or MYCN amplification,
while additional alterations may be required for tumor development. However, the view on …

Lessons from retinoblastoma: implications for cancer, development, evolution, and regenerative medicine

MA Dyer - Trends in molecular medicine, 2016 - cell.com
Retinoblastoma is a rare childhood cancer of the developing retina, and studies on this
orphan disease have led to fundamental discoveries in cancer biology. Retinoblastoma has …

Understanding pRb: toward the necessary development of targeted treatments for retinoblastoma

UM Sachdeva, JM O'Brien - The Journal of clinical …, 2012 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Retinoblastoma is a pediatric retinal tumor initiated by biallelic inactivation of the
retinoblastoma gene (RB1). RB1 was the first identified tumor suppressor gene and has …

Retinoblastoma: from disease to discovery

J Madhavan, A Ganesh, G Kumaramanickavel - Ophthalmic research, 2008 - karger.com
Retinoblastoma has contributed much to the understanding of cancer. It provided the classic
'two-hit model'for oncogenesis and helped to identify the first tumor suppressor gene RB1 …

Molecular alterations in retinoblastoma beyond RB1

V Mendonça, AC Evangelista, BP Matta… - Experimental Eye …, 2021 - Elsevier
Retinoblastoma is the most common malignant ocular tumor in children. Although RB1
alterations are most frequently involved in the etiology of retinoblastoma, candidate driver …

Transcriptome analysis reveals molecularly distinct subtypes in retinoblastoma

Q Zeng, S Wang, L Chen, J Wang - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Retinoblastoma is the most frequent intraocular malignancy in children. Little is known on
the molecular basis underlying the biological and clinical behavior of this cancer. Here …