Epidermal growth factor receptor and EGFRvIII in glioblastoma: signaling pathways and targeted therapies

Z An, O Aksoy, T Zheng, QW Fan, WA Weiss - Oncogene, 2018 - nature.com
Amplification of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and its active mutant EGFRvIII
occurs frequently in glioblastoma (GBM). While EGFR and EGFRvIII play critical roles in …

Targeting cellular pathways in glioblastoma multiforme

JRD Pearson, T Regad - Signal transduction and targeted therapy, 2017 - nature.com
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is a debilitating disease that is associated with poor
prognosis, short median patient survival and a very limited response to therapies. GBM has …

Molecular profiling reveals biologically discrete subsets and pathways of progression in diffuse glioma

M Ceccarelli, FP Barthel, TM Malta, TS Sabedot… - Cell, 2016 - cell.com
Therapy development for adult diffuse glioma is hindered by incomplete knowledge of
somatic glioma driving alterations and suboptimal disease classification. We defined the …

Glioma-derived IL-33 orchestrates an inflammatory brain tumor microenvironment that accelerates glioma progression

A De Boeck, BY Ahn, C D'Mello, X Lun… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Despite a deeper molecular understanding, human glioblastoma remains one of the most
treatment refractory and fatal cancers. It is known that the presence of macrophages and …

Prospective identification and purification of quiescent adult neural stem cells from their in vivo niche

P Codega, V Silva-Vargas, A Paul… - Neuron, 2014 - cell.com
Adult neurogenic niches harbor quiescent neural stem cells; however, their in vivo identity
has been elusive. Here, we prospectively isolate GFAP+ CD133+(quiescent neural stem …

RAS oncogenes: weaving a tumorigenic web

Y Pylayeva-Gupta, E Grabocka, D Bar-Sagi - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2011 - nature.com
RAS proteins are essential components of signalling pathways that emanate from cell
surface receptors. Oncogenic activation of these proteins owing to missense mutations is …

Cells of origin in cancer

JE Visvader - Nature, 2011 - nature.com
Both solid tumours and leukaemias show considerable histological and functional
heterogeneity. It is widely accepted that genetic lesions have a major role in determining …

Most human non-GCIMP glioblastoma subtypes evolve from a common proneural-like precursor glioma

T Ozawa, M Riester, YK Cheng, JT Huse, M Squatrito… - Cancer cell, 2014 - cell.com
To understand the relationships between the non-GCIMP glioblastoma (GBM) subgroups,
we performed mathematical modeling to predict the temporal sequence of driver events …

The phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase–AKT pathway in human cancer

I Vivanco, CL Sawyers - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2002 - nature.com
One signal that is overactivated in a wide range of tumour types is the production of a
phospholipid, phosphatidylinositol (3, 4, 5) trisphosphate, by phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase …

Identification of a cancer stem cell in human brain tumors

SK Singh, ID Clarke, M Terasaki, VE Bonn, C Hawkins… - Cancer research, 2003 - AACR
Most current research on human brain tumors is focused on the molecular and cellular
analysis of the bulk tumor mass. However, there is overwhelming evidence in some …