New insights into the neurofibroma tumor cells of origin

S Li, Z Chen, LQ Le - Neuro-Oncology Advances, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Neurofibromatosis type I (NF1) is a debilitating inherited tumor syndrome affecting around 1
in 3000 people. Patients present with a variety of tumors caused by biallelic loss of the tumor …

[HTML][HTML] Pax3 loss of function delays tumour progression in kRAS-induced zebrafish rhabdomyosarcoma models

A Kahsay, E Rodriguez-Marquez, A López-Pérez… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Rhabdomyosarcoma is a soft tissue cancer that arises in skeletal muscle due to mutations in
myogenic progenitors that lead to ineffective differentiation and malignant transformation …

[HTML][HTML] MYOD-SKP2 axis boosts tumorigenesis in fusion negative rhabdomyosarcoma by preventing differentiation through p57Kip2 targeting

S Pomella, M Cassandri, L D'Archivio… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Rhabdomyosarcomas (RMS) are pediatric mesenchymal-derived malignancies
encompassing PAX3/7-FOXO1 Fusion Positive (FP)-RMS, and Fusion Negative (FN)-RMS …

[HTML][HTML] Loss of MEF2D expression inhibits differentiation and contributes to oncogenesis in rhabdomyosarcoma cells

M Zhang, J Truscott, J Davie - Molecular cancer, 2013 - Springer
Background Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is a highly malignant pediatric cancer that is the
most common form of soft tissue tumors in children. RMS cells have many features of …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting DNA Methylation Machinery in Pediatric Solid Tumors

C Cristalli, K Scotlandi - Cells, 2024 - mdpi.com
DNA methylation is a key epigenetic regulatory mechanism that plays a critical role in a
variety of cellular processes, including the regulation of cell fate during development …

Dysregulated myogenesis in rhabdomyosarcoma

YY Peter, DC Guttridge - Current Topics in Developmental Biology, 2018 - Elsevier
Rhabdomyosarcoma is a mesenchymal malignancy associated with the skeletal muscle
lineage and is also the most common pediatric soft tissue cancer. Between the two pediatric …

Pediatric cancer epigenome and the influence of folate

TT Yiu, W Li - Epigenomics, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Despite improvement in clinical treatment of childhood cancer, it remains the leading cause
of disease-related mortality in children with survivors often suffering from treatment-related …

Chromatin accessibility dynamics of myogenesis at single cell resolution

HA Pliner, J Packer, JL McFaline-Figueroa… - BioRxiv, 2017 - biorxiv.org
Over a million DNA regulatory elements have been cataloged in the human genome, but
linking these elements to the genes that they regulate remains challenging. We introduce …

[HTML][HTML] Heat shock proteins: important helpers for the development, maintenance and regeneration of skeletal muscles

S Pomella, M Cassandri, F Antoniani, S Crotti… - Muscles, 2023 - mdpi.com
The skeletal muscle is a highly plastic tissue that shows a remarkable adaptive capacity in
response to acute and resistance exercise, and modifies its composition to adapt to use and …

Myogenesis in the genomics era

A Blais - Journal of molecular biology, 2015 - Elsevier
Skeletal myogenesis is the process of formation of the muscles that enable movement and
breathing. Muscles form after the fate determination and differentiation of precursor cells …