The emerging complexity of gene fusions in cancer

F Mertens, B Johansson, T Fioretos… - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2015 - nature.com
Structural chromosome rearrangements may result in the exchange of coding or regulatory
DNA sequences between genes. Many such gene fusions are strong driver mutations in …

Mechanisms of neuroblastoma regression

GM Brodeur, R Bagatell - Nature reviews Clinical oncology, 2014 - nature.com
Recent genomic and biological studies of neuroblastoma have shed light on the dramatic
heterogeneity in the clinical behaviour of this disease, which spans from spontaneous …

New brain tumor entities emerge from molecular classification of CNS-PNETs

D Sturm, BA Orr, UH Toprak, V Hovestadt, DTW Jones… - Cell, 2016 - cell.com
Primitive neuroectodermal tumors of the central nervous system (CNS-PNETs) are highly
aggressive, poorly differentiated embryonal tumors occurring predominantly in young …

Cancer genetics and genomics of human FOX family genes

M Katoh, M Igarashi, H Fukuda, H Nakagama, M Katoh - Cancer letters, 2013 - Elsevier
Forkhead-box (FOX) family proteins, involved in cell growth and differentiation as well as
embryogenesis and longevity, are DNA-binding proteins regulating transcription and DNA …

11q deletion in neuroblastoma: a review of biological and clinical implications

V Mlakar, S Jurkovic Mlakar, G Lopez, JM Maris… - Molecular cancer, 2017 - Springer
Deletion of the long arm of chromosome 11 (11q deletion) is one of the most frequent events
that occur during the development of aggressive neuroblastoma. Clinically, 11q deletion is …

Forward genetic screen for malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor formation identifies new genes and pathways driving tumorigenesis

EP Rahrmann, AL Watson, VW Keng, K Choi… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNSTs) are sarcomas of Schwann cell lineage
origin that occur sporadically or in association with the inherited syndrome …

The dominant role of forkhead box proteins in cancer

DH Bach, NP Long, TTT Luu, NH Anh… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Forkhead box (FOX) proteins are multifaceted transcription factors that are significantly
implicated in cancer, with various critical roles in biological processes. Herein, we provide …

FOXO3a is a major target of inactivation by PI3K/AKT signaling in aggressive neuroblastoma

EE Santo, P Stroeken, PV Sluis, J Koster, R Versteeg… - Cancer research, 2013 - AACR
Neuroblastoma is a pediatric tumor of the peripheral sympathetic nervous system with a
highly variable prognosis. Activation of the phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)/AKT pathway …

Common co-activation of AXL and CDCP1 in EGFR-mutation-positive non-small cell lung cancer associated with poor prognosis

N Karachaliou, I Chaib, AF Cardona, J Berenguer… - …, 2018 - thelancet.com
Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-mutation-positive non-small cell lung cancer
(NSCLC) is incurable, despite high rates of response to EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors …

Intergenically spliced chimeric RNAs in cancer

Y Jia, Z Xie, H Li - Trends in cancer, 2016 - cell.com
Gene fusions and their encoded products (fusion RNAs and proteins) are viewed as one of
the hallmarks of cancer. Traditionally, they were thought to be generated solely by …