Targeting the PDGF signaling pathway in tumor treatment

CH Heldin - Cell Communication and Signaling, 2013 - Springer
Platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) isoforms and PDGF receptors have important
functions in the regulation of growth and survival of certain cell types during embryonal …

Involvement of platelet‐derived growth factor ligands and receptors in tumorigenesis

CH Heldin, J Lennartsson… - Journal of internal …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Platelet‐derived growth factor (PDGF) isoforms and their receptors have important roles
during embryogenesis, particularly in the development of various mesenchymal cell types in …

[HTML][HTML] Early clonal extinction in glioblastoma progression revealed by genetic barcoding

D Ceresa, F Alessandrini, S Lucchini, D Marubbi… - Cancer Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Glioblastoma progression in its early stages remains poorly understood. Here, we transfer
PDGFB and genetic barcodes in mouse brain to initiate gliomagenesis and enable direct …

Sox2 roles in neural stem cells

LH Pevny, SK Nicolis - The international journal of biochemistry & cell …, 2010 - Elsevier
Throughout the vertebrate evolution, Sox2 marks the developing nervous system from its
earliest developmental stages and, therein, the most undifferentiated precursor cells …

Mesenchymal transition and PDGFRA amplification/mutation are key distinct oncogenic events in pediatric diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas

S Puget, C Philippe, DA Bax, B Job, P Varlet… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) is one of the most frequent malignant pediatric brain
tumor and its prognosis is universaly fatal. No significant improvement has been made in …

PDGF and PDGF receptors in glioma

I Nazarenko, SM Hede, X He, A Hedrén… - Upsala journal of …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
The family of platelet-derived growth factors (PDGFs) plays a number of critical roles in
normal embryonic development, cellular differentiation, and response to tissue damage. Not …

Sox2 is required to maintain cancer stem cells in a mouse model of high-grade oligodendroglioma

R Favaro, I Appolloni, S Pellegatta, AB Sanga… - Cancer research, 2014 - AACR
The stem cell–determining transcription factor Sox2 is required for the maintenance of
normal neural stem cells. In this study, we investigated the requirement for Sox2 in neural …

[HTML][HTML] Role of SOX family of transcription factors in central nervous system tumors

AMA de la Rocha, N Sampron, MM Alonso… - American journal of …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
SOX genes are developmental regulators with functions in the instruction of cell fate and
maintenance of progenitor's identity during embryogenesis. They play additional roles …

Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 promotes angiogenesis and drives malignant progression in glioma

TA Doucette, LY Kong, Y Yang, SD Ferguson… - Neuro …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT) 3 has been described as a “master
regulator” of signaling pathways involved in the transition from low-grade glioma (LGG) to …

Stromal platelet–derived growth factor receptor-β signaling promotes breast cancer metastasis in the brain

KA Thies, AM Hammer, BE Hildreth III, SA Steck… - Cancer research, 2021 - AACR
Platelet-derived growth factor receptor-beta (PDGFRβ) is a receptor tyrosine kinase found in
cells of mesenchymal origin such as fibroblasts and pericytes. Activation of this receptor is …