Cancer neuroscience: State of the field, emerging directions

F Winkler, HS Venkatesh, M Amit, T Batchelor, IE Demir… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
The nervous system governs both ontogeny and oncology. Regulating organogenesis
during development, maintaining homeostasis, and promoting plasticity throughout life, the …

Spatial biology of cancer evolution

Z Seferbekova, A Lomakin, LR Yates… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
The natural history of cancers can be understood through the lens of evolution given that the
driving forces of cancer development are mutation and selection of fitter clones. Cancer …

Glioblastoma remodelling of human neural circuits decreases survival

S Krishna, A Choudhury, MB Keough, K Seo, L Ni… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Gliomas synaptically integrate into neural circuits,. Previous research has demonstrated
bidirectional interactions between neurons and glioma cells, with neuronal activity driving …

GAP43-dependent mitochondria transfer from astrocytes enhances glioblastoma tumorigenicity

DC Watson, D Bayik, S Storevik, SS Moreino… - Nature cancer, 2023 - nature.com
The transfer of intact mitochondria between heterogeneous cell types has been confirmed in
various settings, including cancer. However, the functional implications of mitochondria …

Autonomous rhythmic activity in glioma networks drives brain tumour growth

D Hausmann, DC Hoffmann, V Venkataramani, E Jung… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Diffuse gliomas, particularly glioblastomas, are incurable brain tumours. They are
characterized by networks of interconnected brain tumour cells that communicate via Ca2+ …

The neuroscience of cancer

R Mancusi, M Monje - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
The nervous system regulates tissue stem and precursor populations throughout life.
Parallel to roles in development, the nervous system is emerging as a critical regulator of …

Remote neuronal activity drives glioma progression through SEMA4F

E Huang-Hobbs, YT Cheng, Y Ko, E Luna-Figueroa… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
The tumour microenvironment plays an essential role in malignancy, and neurons have
emerged as a key component of the tumour microenvironment that promotes tumourigenesis …

Primary brain tumours in adults

MJ van den Bent, M Geurts, PJ French, M Smits… - The Lancet, 2023 - thelancet.com
The most frequent adult-type primary CNS tumours are diffuse gliomas, but a large variety of
rarer CNS tumour types exists. The classification of these tumours is increasingly based on …

Tumor microenvironment in glioblastoma: Current and emerging concepts

P Sharma, A Aaroe, J Liang… - Neuro-Oncology …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Glioblastoma (GBM) tumor microenvironment (TME) is a highly heterogeneous and complex
system, which in addition to cancer cells, consists of various resident brain and immune cells …

High-throughput identification of repurposable neuroactive drugs with potent anti-glioblastoma activity

S Lee, T Weiss, M Bühler, J Mena, Z Lottenbach… - Nature Medicine, 2024 - nature.com
Glioblastoma, the most aggressive primary brain cancer, has a dismal prognosis, yet
systemic treatment is limited to DNA-alkylating chemotherapies. New therapeutic strategies …