Dual targeting of polyamine synthesis and uptake in diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas

A Khan, LD Gamble, DH Upton, C Ung, DMT Yu… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) is an incurable malignant childhood brain tumor, with
no active systemic therapies and a 5-year survival of less than 1%. Polyamines are small …

Functionally defined therapeutic targets in diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma

CS Grasso, Y Tang, N Truffaux, NE Berlow, L Liu… - Nature medicine, 2015 - nature.com
Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) is a fatal childhood cancer. We performed a chemical
screen in patient-derived DIPG cultures along with RNA-seq analyses and integrated …

ODC1 Is a Critical Determinant of MYCN Oncogenesis and a Therapeutic Target in Neuroblastoma

MD Hogarty, MD Norris, K Davis, X Liu, NF Evageliou… - Cancer research, 2008 - AACR
Neuroblastoma is a frequently lethal childhood tumor in which MYC gene deregulation,
commonly as MYCN amplification, portends poor outcome. Identifying the requisite …

Children are not just little adults: recent advances in understanding of diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma biology

KM Schroeder, CM Hoeman, OJ Becher - Pediatric research, 2014 - nature.com
Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) is a high-grade glioma that originates in the pons and
is seen exclusively in children. Despite numerous efforts to improve treatment, DIPG remains …

A druggable addiction to de novo pyrimidine biosynthesis in diffuse midline glioma

S Pal, JP Kaplan, H Nguyen, SA Stopka, MR Savani… - Cancer Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Diffuse midline glioma (DMG) is a uniformly fatal pediatric cancer driven by oncohistones
that do not readily lend themselves to drug development. To identify druggable targets for …

AMXT‐1501, a novel polyamine transport inhibitor, synergizes with DFMO in inhibiting neuroblastoma cell proliferation by targeting both ornithine decarboxylase and …

K Samal, P Zhao, A Kendzicky, LP Yco… - … journal of cancer, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Neuroblastoma (NB) is associated with MYCN oncogene amplification occurring in
approximately 30% of NBs and is associated with poor prognosis. MYCN is linked to a …

Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma: new pathophysiological insights and emerging therapeutic targets

TB Johung, M Monje - Current Neuropharmacology, 2017 - ingentaconnect.com
Background: Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG) is the leading cause of brain tumor-
related death in children, with median survival of less than one year. Despite decades of …

[HTML][HTML] Translational development of difluoromethylornithine (DFMO) for the treatment of neuroblastoma

H Bassiri, A Benavides, M Haber, SK Gilmour… - Translational …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Neuroblastoma is a childhood tumor in which MYC oncogenes are commonly activated to
drive tumor progression. Survival for children with high-risk neuroblastoma remains poor …

Polyamines drive myeloid cell survival by buffering intracellular pH to promote immunosuppression in glioblastoma

J Miska, A Rashidi, C Lee-Chang, P Gao… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Glioblastoma is characterized by the robust infiltration of immunosuppressive tumor-
associated myeloid cells (TAMCs). It is not fully understood how TAMCs survive in the acidic …

Therapeutic targeting of polycomb and BET bromodomain proteins in diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas

A Piunti, R Hashizume, MA Morgan, ET Bartom… - Nature medicine, 2017 - nature.com
Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) is a highly aggressive pediatric brainstem tumor
characterized by rapid and uniform patient demise. A heterozygous point mutation of histone …