[HTML][HTML] Single-cell RNA-seq reveals cellular hierarchies and impaired developmental trajectories in pediatric ependymoma

J Gojo, B Englinger, L Jiang, JM Hübner, MKL Shaw… - Cancer cell, 2020 - cell.com
Ependymoma is a heterogeneous entity of central nervous system tumors with well-
established molecular groups. Here, we apply single-cell RNA sequencing to analyze …

Single-cell RNA sequencing of childhood ependymoma reveals neoplastic cell subpopulations that impact molecular classification and etiology

AE Gillen, KA Riemondy, V Amani, AM Griesinger… - Cell reports, 2020 - cell.com
Ependymoma (EPN) is a brain tumor commonly presenting in childhood that remains fatal in
most children. Intra-tumoral cellular heterogeneity in bulk-tumor samples significantly …

[HTML][HTML] Current therapy and the evolving molecular landscape of paediatric ependymoma

S Khatua, V Ramaswamy, E Bouffet - European Journal of Cancer, 2017 - Elsevier
Ependymomas are the third commonest paediatric central nervous system (CNS) tumour,
accounting for 6–12% of brain tumours in children. The management of these tumours has …

Ependymoma

ER Gerstner, KW Pajtler - Seminars in neurology, 2018 - thieme-connect.com
Ependymoma can arise throughout the whole neuraxis. In children, tumors predominantly
occur intracranially, whereas the spine is the most prevalent location in adults. Significant …

Targeting integrated epigenetic and metabolic pathways in lethal childhood PFA ependymomas

P Panwalkar, B Tamrazi, D Dang, C Chung… - Science translational …, 2021 - science.org
Childhood posterior fossa group A ependymomas (PFAs) have limited treatment options and
bear dismal prognoses compared to group B ependymomas (PFBs). PFAs overexpress the …

[HTML][HTML] Delineation of two clinically and molecularly distinct subgroups of posterior fossa ependymoma

H Witt, SC Mack, M Ryzhova, S Bender, M Sill… - Cancer cell, 2011 - cell.com
Despite the histological similarity of ependymomas from throughout the neuroaxis, the
disease likely comprises multiple independent entities, each with a distinct molecular …

Candidate genes on chromosome 9q33-34 involved in the progression of childhood ependymomas

S Puget, J Grill, A Valent, I Bieche… - Journal of clinical …, 2009 - ascopubs.org
Purpose The molecular pathogenesis of pediatric ependymoma remains unclear. Our study
was designed to identify genetic changes implicated in ependymoma progression. Patients …

Therapeutic targeting of ependymoma as informed by oncogenic enhancer profiling

SC Mack, KW Pajtler, L Chavez, K Okonechnikov… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Genomic sequencing has driven precision-based oncology therapy; however, the genetic
drivers of many malignancies remain unknown or non-targetable, so alternative approaches …

The molecular biology of ependymomas

RL Hamilton, IF Pollack - Brain pathology, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
Intracranial ependymomas are the third most common primary brain tumor in the pediatric
population. Although an anaplastic variant is recognized, numerous studies examining the …

Recurrent fusions in PLAGL1 define a distinct subset of pediatric-type supratentorial neuroepithelial tumors

P Sievers, SC Henneken, C Blume, M Sill… - Acta …, 2021 - Springer
Ependymomas encompass a heterogeneous group of central nervous system (CNS)
neoplasms that occur along the entire neuroaxis. In recent years, extensive (epi-) genomic …