“Mesenchymal” stem cells

P Bianco - Annual review of cell and developmental biology, 2014 - annualreviews.org
Two opposing descriptions of so-called mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) exist at this time.
One sees MSCs as the postnatal, self-renewing, and multipotent stem cells for the skeleton …

Cellular and molecular mechanisms of tooth root development

J Li, C Parada, Y Chai - Development, 2017 - journals.biologists.com
The tooth root is an integral, functionally important part of our dentition. The formation of a
functional root depends on epithelial-mesenchymal interactions and integration of the root …

A Children's Oncology Group and TARGET initiative exploring the genetic landscape of Wilms tumor

S Gadd, V Huff, AL Walz, AHAG Ooms, AE Armstrong… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
We performed genome-wide sequencing and analyzed mRNA and miRNA expression, DNA
copy number, and DNA methylation in 117 Wilms tumors, followed by targeted sequencing …

A new subtype of bone sarcoma defined by BCOR-CCNB3 gene fusion

G Pierron, F Tirode, C Lucchesi, S Reynaud, S Ballet… - Nature …, 2012 - nature.com
The identification of subtype-specific translocations has revolutionized the diagnostics of
sarcoma and has provided new insight into oncogenesis. We used RNA-seq to investigate …

[PDF][PDF] Histone demethylases KDM4B and KDM6B promotes osteogenic differentiation of human MSCs

L Ye, Z Fan, B Yu, J Chang, K Al Hezaimi, X Zhou… - Cell stem cell, 2012 - cell.com
Human bone marrow mesenchymal stem/stromal cells (MSCs) are multipotent progenitor
cells with multilineage differentiation potentials including osteogenesis and adipogenesis …

NF-κB inhibits osteogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells by promoting β-catenin degradation

J Chang, F Liu, M Lee, B Wu, K Ting… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
Mesenchymal stem cell (MSC)-based transplantation is a promising therapeutic approach
for bone regeneration and repair. In the realm of therapeutic bone regeneration, the defect …

The integrated landscape of driver genomic alterations in glioblastoma

V Frattini, V Trifonov, JM Chan, A Castano, M Lia… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Glioblastoma is one of the most challenging forms of cancer to treat. Here we describe a
computational platform that integrates the analysis of copy number variations and somatic …

Histone demethylases in development and disease

MT Pedersen, K Helin - Trends in cell biology, 2010 - cell.com
Histone modifications serve as regulatory marks that are instrumental for the control of
transcription and chromatin architecture. Strict regulation of gene expression patterns is …

Polycomb group protein-mediated repression of transcription

L Morey, K Helin - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2010 - cell.com
The polycomb group (PcG) proteins are essential for the normal development of multicellular
organisms. They form multi-protein complexes that work as transcriptional repressors of …

Small round cell sarcomas

F Cidre-Aranaz, S Watson, JF Amatruda… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Undifferentiated small round cell sarcomas (SRCSs) of bone and soft tissue comprise a
heterogeneous group of highly aggressive tumours associated with a poor prognosis …