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 …

[HTML][HTML] A H3K27M-targeted vaccine in adults with diffuse midline glioma

N Grassl, I Poschke, K Lindner, L Bunse… - Nature Medicine, 2023 - nature.com
Substitution of lysine 27 to methionine in histone H3 (H3K27M) defines an aggressive
subtype of diffuse glioma. Previous studies have shown that a H3K27M-specific long peptide …

Oncohistones in brain tumors: the soil and seed

AF Andrade, CCL Chen, N Jabado - Trends in Cancer, 2023 - cell.com
Recurrent somatic mutations in histone 3 (H3) variants (termed 'oncohistones') have been
identified in high-grade gliomas (HGGs) in children and young adults and induce …

A compendium of syngeneic, transplantable pediatric high-grade glioma models reveals subtype-specific therapeutic vulnerabilities

M McNicholas, A De Cola, Z Bashardanesh, A Foss… - Cancer discovery, 2023 - AACR
Pediatric high-grade gliomas (pHGG) are lethal, incurable brain tumors frequently driven by
clonal mutations in histone genes. They often harbor a range of additional genetic …

[HTML][HTML] Origins of second malignancies in children and mutational footprint of chemotherapy in normal tissues

M Sánchez-Guixé, F Muiños, M Pinheiro-Santin… - Cancer Discovery, 2024 - AACR
Pediatric cancers are rare diseases, and children without known germline predisposing
conditions who develop a second malignancy during developmental ages are extremely …

[HTML][HTML] 3D genome mapping identifies subgroup-specific chromosome conformations and tumor-dependency genes in ependymoma

K Okonechnikov, A Camgöz, O Chapman… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Ependymoma is a tumor of the brain or spinal cord. The two most common and aggressive
molecular groups of ependymoma are the supratentorial ZFTA-fusion associated and the …

ONC201 (Dordaviprone) in Recurrent H3 K27M–Mutant Diffuse Midline Glioma

I Arrillaga-Romany, SL Gardner, Y Odia… - Journal of Clinical …, 2024 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE Histone 3 (H3) K27M–mutant diffuse midline glioma (DMG) has a dismal
prognosis with no established effective therapy beyond radiation. This integrated analysis …

Genomic profiling and prognostic factors of H3 K27M‐mutant spinal cord diffuse glioma

RC Chai, H Yan, SY An, B Pang, HY Chen… - Brain …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
H3 K27‐altered diffuse midline glioma is a highly lethal pediatric‐type tumor without
efficacious treatments. Recent findings have highlighted the heterogeneity among diffuse …

Childhood cancer mutagenesis caused by transposase-derived PGBD5

M Yamada, RR Keller, RL Gutierrez, D Cameron… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Genomic rearrangements are a hallmark of most childhood tumors, including
medulloblastoma, one of the most common brain tumors in children, but their causes remain …

[HTML][HTML] (B) On (e)-cohistones and the epigenetic alterations at the root of bone cancer

P Salomoni, AM Flanagan, L Cottone - Cell Death & Differentiation, 2023 - nature.com
Identification of mutations in histones in a number of human neoplasms and developmental
syndromes represents the most compelling evidence to date for a causal role of epigenetic …