MAPK inhibitor sensitivity scores predict sensitivity driven by the immune infiltration in pediatric low-grade gliomas

R Sigaud, TK Albert, C Hess, T Hielscher… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Pediatric low-grade gliomas (pLGG) show heterogeneous responses to MAPK inhibitors
(MAPKi) in clinical trials. Thus, more complex stratification biomarkers are needed to identify …

Upfront biology-guided therapy in diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma: therapeutic, molecular, and biomarker outcomes from PNOC003

C Kline, P Jain, L Kilburn, ER Bonner, N Gupta… - Clinical Cancer …, 2022 - AACR
Purpose: PNOC003 is a multicenter precision medicine trial for children and young adults
with newly diagnosed diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG). Patients and Methods: Patients …

[HTML][HTML] The children's brain tumor network (CBTN)-Accelerating research in pediatric central nervous system tumors through collaboration and open science

JV Lilly, JL Rokita, JL Mason, T Patton, S Stefankiewiz… - Neoplasia, 2023 - Elsevier
Pediatric brain tumors are the leading cause of cancer-related death in children in the
United States and contribute a disproportionate number of potential years of life lost …

Immuno-oncologic profiling of pediatric brain tumors reveals major clinical significance of the tumor immune microenvironment

AB Levine, L Nobre, A Das, S Milos, V Bianchi… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
With the success of immunotherapy in cancer, understanding the tumor immune
microenvironment (TIME) has become increasingly important; however in pediatric brain …

Artificial intelligence and omics in malignant gliomas

R Tambi, B Zehra, A Vijayakumar… - Physiological …, 2024 - journals.physiology.org
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is one of the most common and aggressive type of
malignant glioma with an average survival time of 12–18 mo. Despite the utilization of …

[HTML][HTML] Development of GPC2-directed chimeric antigen receptors using mRNA for pediatric brain tumors

JB Foster, C Griffin, JL Rokita, A Stern… - … for Immunotherapy of …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Pediatric brain tumors are the leading cause of cancer death in children with an
urgent need for innovative therapies. Glypican 2 (GPC2) is a cell surface oncoprotein …

Transcriptomic observations of Intra and extracellular immunotherapy targets for pediatric brain tumors

SC Frederico, I Raphael, M Nisnboym… - Expert Review of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives Despite surgical resection, chemoradiation, and targeted therapy, brain tumors
remain a leading cause of cancer-related death in children. Immunotherapy has shown …

The DNA methylome of pediatric brain tumors appears shaped by structural variation and predicts survival

F Chen, Y Zhang, L Shen, CJ Creighton - Nature Communications, 2024 - nature.com
Structural variation heavily influences the molecular landscape of cancer, in part by
impacting DNA methylation-mediated transcriptional regulation. Here, using multi-omic …

Visualizing genomic characteristics across an RNA-Seq based reference landscape of normal and neoplastic brain

S Arora, F Szulzewsky, M Jensen, N Nuechterlein… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
In order to better understand the relationship between normal and neoplastic brain, we
combined five publicly available large-scale datasets, correcting for batch effects and …

Multiparametric MRI along with machine learning predicts prognosis and treatment response in pediatric low-grade glioma

A Fathi Kazerooni, A Kraya, KS Rathi, MC Kim… - Nature …, 2025 - nature.com
Pediatric low-grade gliomas (pLGGs) exhibit heterogeneous prognoses and variable
responses to treatment, leading to tumor progression and adverse outcomes in cases where …