Oncolytic herpes virus rRp450 shows efficacy in orthotopic xenograft group 3/4 medulloblastomas and atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumors

AW Studebaker, BJ Hutzen, CR Pierson… - Molecular Therapy …, 2017 - cell.com
Pediatric brain tumors including medulloblastoma and atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor are
associated with significant mortality and treatment-associated morbidity. While …

Histone deacetylase 6 represents a novel drug target in the oncogenic Hedgehog signaling pathway

PK Dhanyamraju, PS Holz, F Finkernagel… - Molecular cancer …, 2015 - AACR
Abstract Uncontrolled Hedgehog (Hh) signaling is the cause of several malignancies,
including the pediatric cancer medulloblastoma, a neuroectodermal tumor affecting the …

Disrupted development and integrity of frontal white matter in patients treated for pediatric medulloblastoma

JO Glass, RJ Ogg, JW Hyun, JH Harreld… - Neuro …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Background Treatment of pediatric medulloblastoma is associated with known
neurocognitive deficits that we hypothesize are caused by microstructural damage to frontal …

High programmed cell death 1 ligand–1 expression: association with CD8+ T-cell infiltration and poor prognosis in human medulloblastoma

D Murata, Y Mineharu, Y Arakawa, B Liu, M Tanji… - Journal of …, 2017 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Medulloblastoma is a type of malignant tumor arising in the cerebellum. The
clinical importance of programmed cell death 1 ligand–1 (PD-L1) expression in …

[HTML][HTML] Improved therapy for medulloblastoma: targeting hedgehog and PI3K-mTOR signaling pathways in combination with chemotherapy

NK Chaturvedi, MJ Kling, DW Coulter, TR McGuire… - Oncotarget, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Aberrant activation and interactions of hedgehog (HH) and PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling
pathways are frequently associated with high-risk medulloblastoma (MB). Thus, combined …

High impact of miRNA-4521 on FOXM1 expression in medulloblastoma

D Senfter, M Samadaei, RM Mader, J Gojo… - Cell death & …, 2019 - nature.com
Medulloblastoma, an embryonal tumor of the cerebellum/fourth ventricle, is one of the most
frequent malignant brain tumors in children. Although genetic variants are increasingly used …

Demographics, patterns of care, and survival in pediatric medulloblastoma

EV Dressler, TA Dolecek, M Liu, JL Villano - Journal of neuro-oncology, 2017 - Springer
Abstract We evaluated the American College of Surgeon's National Cancer Data Base
(NCDB) to describe current hospital-based epidemiologic frequency, survival, and patterns …

Nkx2-2as suppression contributes to the pathogenesis of sonic hedgehog medulloblastoma

Y Zhang, T Wang, S Wang, Y Xiong, R Zhang, X Zhang… - Cancer research, 2018 - AACR
Aberrant Hedgehog signaling and excessive activation of the Gli family of transcriptional
activators are key drivers of medulloblastoma (MB), the most common human pediatric brain …

Pediatric brain tumors: current knowledge and therapeutic opportunities

J Glod, GJ Rahme, H Kaur, EH Raabe… - Journal of pediatric …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Great progress has been made in many areas of pediatric oncology. However, tumors of the
central nervous system (CNS) remain a significant challenge. A recent explosion of data has …

Principles of tumorigenesis and emerging molecular drivers of SHH‐activated medulloblastomas

O Menyhárt, B Győrffy - Annals of clinical and translational …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract SHH‐activated medulloblastomas (SHH‐MB) account for 25–30% of all
medulloblastomas (MB) and occur with a bimodal age distribution, encompassing many …