Role of fibroblast growth factors receptors (FGFRs) in brain tumors, focus on astrocytoma and glioblastoma

A Ardizzone, SA Scuderi, D Giuffrida, C Colarossi… - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Considering the high mortality rate and the increasing spread of brain
tumors both in adulthood and in childhood, we explore the role and involvement of fibroblast …

Primary malignant bone tumors—recent developments

M Hameed, H Dorfman - Seminars in diagnostic pathology, 2011 - Elsevier
Primary malignant bone tumors are rare sarcomas with an estimated frequency of about
2900 new cases per year; they constitute less than 0.2% of all cancers diagnosed in the …

Challenges in establishing pure lung cancer organoids limit their utility for personalized medicine

KK Dijkstra, K Monkhorst, LJ Schipper, KJ Hartemink… - Cell reports, 2020 - cell.com
Clinical implementation of tumor organoids for personalized medicine requires that pure
tumor organoids can be reliably established. Here, we present our experience with organoid …

Role of the transcription factor T (brachyury) in the pathogenesis of sporadic chordoma: a genetic and functional‐based study

N Presneau, A Shalaby, H Ye, N Pillay… - The Journal of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
A variety of analyses, including fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), quantitative PCR
(qPCR) and array CGH (aCGH), have been performed on a series of chordomas from 181 …

The role of epidermal growth factor receptor in chordoma pathogenesis: a potential therapeutic target

A Shalaby, N Presneau, H Ye, D Halai… - The Journal of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Chordoma, the molecular hallmark of which is T (brachyury), is a rare malignant bone
tumour with a high risk of local recurrence and a tumour from which metastatic disease is a …

EGFR inhibitors identified as a potential treatment for chordoma in a focused compound screen

S Scheipl, M Barnard, L Cottone… - The Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Chordoma is a rare malignant bone tumour with a poor prognosis and limited therapeutic
options. We undertook a focused compound screen (FCS) against 1097 compounds on …

Recurrent chromosomal copy number alterations in sporadic chordomas

LP Le, GP Nielsen, AE Rosenberg, D Thomas… - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
The molecular events in chordoma pathogenesis have not been fully delineated, particularly
with respect to copy number changes. Understanding copy number alterations in chordoma …

An integrated functional genomics approach identifies the regulatory network directed by brachyury (T) in chordoma

AC Nelson, N Pillay, S Henderson… - The Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Chordoma is a rare malignant tumour of bone, the molecular marker of which is the
expression of the transcription factor, brachyury. Having recently demonstrated that silencing …

Unraveling molecular signatures in rare bone tumors and navigating the cancer pathway landscapes for targeted therapeutics

AK Wani, A Prakash, S Sena, N Akhtar, R Singh… - Critical Reviews in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Rare cancers (RCs), which account for over 20% of cancer cases, face significant research
and treatment challenges due to their limited prevalence. This results in suboptimal …

The FGFR/MEK/ERK/brachyury pathway is critical for chordoma cell growth and survival

Y Hu, A Mintz, SR Shah, A Quinones-Hinojosa… - …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Recent evidence suggests that the expression of brachyury is necessary for chordoma
growth. However, the mechanism associated with brachyury-regulated cell growth is poorly …