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 …

[HTML][HTML] PI3K inhibitors are finally coming of age

B Vanhaesebroeck, MWD Perry, JR Brown… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Overactive phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) in cancer and immune dysregulation
has spurred extensive efforts to develop therapeutic PI3K inhibitors. Although progress has …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

[HTML][HTML] At a crossroads: how to translate the roles of PI3K in oncogenic and metabolic signalling into improvements in cancer therapy

N Vasan, LC Cantley - Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology, 2022 - nature.com
Numerous agents targeting various phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) pathway
components, including PI3K, AKT and mTOR, have been tested in oncology clinical trials …

Integrated proteogenomic characterization across major histological types of pediatric brain cancer

F Petralia, N Tignor, B Reva, M Koptyra, S Chowdhury… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
We report a comprehensive proteogenomics analysis, including whole-genome sequencing,
RNA sequencing, and proteomics and phosphoproteomics profiling, of 218 tumors across 7 …

[HTML][HTML] Brain cancer stem cells: resilience through adaptive plasticity and hierarchical heterogeneity

RC Gimple, K Yang, ME Halbert, S Agnihotri… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Malignant brain tumours are complex ecosystems containing neoplastic and stromal
components that generate adaptive and evolutionarily driven aberrant tissues in the central …

[HTML][HTML] Disconnecting multicellular networks in brain tumours

V Venkataramani, M Schneider, FA Giordano… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Cancer cells can organize and communicate in functional networks. Similarly to other
networks in biology and sociology, these can be highly relevant for growth and resilience. In …

[HTML][HTML] Roadmap for the emerging field of cancer neuroscience

M Monje, JC Borniger, NJ D'Silva, B Deneen, PB Dirks… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Mounting evidence indicates that the nervous system plays a central role in cancer
pathogenesis. In turn, cancers and cancer therapies can alter nervous system form and …