Insights into pediatric rhabdomyosarcoma research: Challenges and goals

ME Yohe, CM Heske, E Stewart… - Pediatric blood & …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Overall survival rates for pediatric patients with high‐risk or relapsed rhabdomyosarcoma
(RMS) have not improved significantly since the 1980s. Recent studies have identified a …

Mechanisms of impaired differentiation in rhabdomyosarcoma

C Keller, DC Guttridge - The FEBS journal, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is the most common soft tissue sarcoma of childhood, with
presumed skeletal muscle origins, because of its myogenic phenotype. RMS is composed of …

[PDF][PDF] Structural features of transcription factors associating with nucleosome binding

MF Garcia, CD Moore, KN Schulz, O Alberto… - Molecular cell, 2019 - cell.com
Fate-changing transcription factors (TFs) scan chromatin to initiate new genetic programs
during cell differentiation and reprogramming. Yet the protein structure domains that allow …

Human myotube formation is determined by MyoD–Myomixer/Myomaker axis

H Zhang, J Wen, A Bigot, J Chen, R Shang, V Mouly… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Myoblast fusion is essential for formations of myofibers, the basic cellular and functional
units of skeletal muscles. Recent genetic studies in mice identified two long-sought …

[HTML][HTML] The Hippo transducer YAP1 transforms activated satellite cells and is a potent effector of embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma formation

AM Tremblay, E Missiaglia, GG Galli, S Hettmer… - Cancer cell, 2014 - cell.com
The role of the Hippo pathway effector YAP1 in soft tissue sarcomas is poorly defined. Here
we report that YAP1 activity is elevated in human embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma (ERMS). In …

[HTML][HTML] Interaction between SNAI2 and MYOD enhances oncogenesis and suppresses differentiation in Fusion Negative Rhabdomyosarcoma

S Pomella, P Sreenivas, BE Gryder, L Wang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is an aggressive pediatric malignancy of the muscle, that
includes Fusion Positive (FP)-RMS harboring PAX3/7-FOXO1 and Fusion Negative (FN) …

Transactivating mutation of the MYOD1 gene is a frequent event in adult spindle cell rhabdomyosarcoma

K Szuhai, D de Jong, WY Leung… - The Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is the most common soft‐tissue sarcoma in children and
adolescents, being characterized by expression of genes and morphological and …

Myogenesis and rhabdomyosarcoma: the jekyll and hyde of skeletal muscle

R Saab, SL Spunt, SX Skapek - Current topics in developmental biology, 2011 - Elsevier
Rhabdomyosarcoma, a neoplasm composed of skeletal myoblast-like cells, represents the
most common soft tissue sarcoma in children. The application of intensive …

[HTML][HTML] Downregulation of microRNAs miR-1,-206 and-29 stabilizes PAX3 and CCND2 expression in rhabdomyosarcoma

L Li, AL Sarver, S Alamgir, S Subramanian - Laboratory investigation, 2012 - Elsevier
Elevated levels of PAX3 and cell proliferation genes are characteristic features of
rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS). We hypothesize that the increased levels of these genes are …

A novel long non-coding RNA Myolinc regulates myogenesis through TDP-43 and Filip1

G Militello, MR Hosen, Y Ponomareva… - Journal of molecular …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Myogenesis is a complex process required for skeletal muscle formation during embryonic
development and for regeneration and growth of myofibers in adults. Accumulating evidence …