Epigenetic landscape of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours reveals distinct cells of origin and means of tumour progression

A Di Domenico, CP Pipinikas, RS Maire… - Communications …, 2020 - nature.com
Recent data suggest that Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumours (PanNETs) originate from α-
or β-cells of the islets of Langerhans. The majority of PanNETs are non-functional and do not …

Genetics of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors: implications for the clinic

A Pea, RH Hruban, LD Wood - Expert review of gastroenterology & …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PanNETs) are a common and deadly neoplasm of the
pancreas. Although the importance of genetic alterations in PanNETs has been known for …

DNA methylation reveals distinct cells of origin for pancreatic neuroendocrine carcinomas and pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors

T Simon, P Riemer, A Jarosch, K Detjen… - Genome medicine, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background Pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (PanNENs) fall into two
subclasses: the well-differentiated, low-to high-grade pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors …

The evolving (epi) genetic landscape of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours

CP Pipinikas, AM Berner, T Sposito… - Endocrine-related …, 2019 - erc.bioscientifica.com
Neuroendocrine neoplasms (NENs) are a relatively rare group of heterogeneous tumours
originating from neuroendocrine cells found throughout the body. Pancreatic NENs …

Well-differentiated pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors: from genetics to therapy

RF De Wilde, BH Edil, RH Hruban… - Nature Reviews …, 2012 - nature.com
Well-differentiated pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PanNETs) comprise∼ 1–3% of
pancreatic neoplasms. Although long considered as reasonably benign lesions, PanNETs …

Genomic landscape of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours: the International Cancer Genome Consortium

A Mafficini, A Scarpa - Journal of Endocrinology, 2018 - joe.bioscientifica.com
Neuroendocrine tumours (NETs) may arise throughout the body and are a highly
heterogeneous, relatively rare class of neoplasms difficult to study also for the lack of …

Molecular drivers and cells of origin in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma and pancreatic neuroendocrine carcinoma

HL Gao, WQ Wang, XJ Yu, L Liu - Experimental hematology & oncology, 2020 - Springer
Pancreatic cancer is one of the most common causes of cancer-related deaths worldwide.
The two major histological subtypes of pancreatic cancer are pancreatic ductal …

DNA methylation patterns identify subgroups of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors with clinical association

V Lakis, RT Lawlor, F Newell, AM Patch… - Communications …, 2021 - nature.com
Here we report the DNA methylation profile of 84 sporadic pancreatic neuroendocrine
tumors (PanNETs) with associated clinical and genomic information. We identified three …

Proteotranscriptomic classification and characterization of pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms

KC Yang, SE Kalloger, JJ Aird, MKC Lee, C Rushton… - Cell reports, 2021 - cell.com
Pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (PNENs) are biologically and clinically
heterogeneous. Here, we use a multi-omics approach to uncover the molecular factors …

ATRX, DAXX or MEN1 mutant pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors are a distinct alpha-cell signature subgroup

CS Chan, SV Laddha, PW Lewis, MS Koletsky… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
The commonly mutated genes in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PanNETs) are ATRX,
DAXX, and MEN1. We genotyped 64 PanNETs and found 58% carry ATRX, DAXX, and …