Search Results - "Pollard, Steven M."
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Glioblastomas acquire myeloid-affiliated transcriptional programs via epigenetic immunoediting to elicit immune evasion
Published in Cell (29-04-2021)“…Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is an aggressive brain tumor for which current immunotherapy approaches have been unsuccessful. Here, we explore the mechanisms…”
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Post-translational modification of SOX family proteins: Key biochemical targets in cancer?
Published in Seminars in cancer biology (01-12-2020)“…Sox proteins are a family of lineage-associated transcription factors. They regulate expression of genes involved in control of self-renewal and multipotency…”
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Cohesin-mediated interactions organize chromosomal domain architecture
Published in The EMBO journal (11-12-2013)“…To ensure proper gene regulation within constrained nuclear space, chromosomes facilitate access to transcribed regions, while compactly packaging all other…”
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Elevated FOXG1 and SOX2 in glioblastoma enforces neural stem cell identity through transcriptional control of cell cycle and epigenetic regulators
Published in Genes & development (15-04-2017)“…Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is an aggressive brain tumor driven by cells with hallmarks of neural stem (NS) cells. GBM stem cells frequently express high…”
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The white matter is a pro-differentiative niche for glioblastoma
Published in Nature communications (12-04-2021)“…Glioblastomas are hierarchically organised tumours driven by glioma stem cells that retain partial differentiation potential. Glioma stem cells are maintained…”
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LRIG1 is a gatekeeper to exit from quiescence in adult neural stem cells
Published in Nature communications (10-05-2021)“…Adult neural stem cells (NSCs) must tightly regulate quiescence and proliferation. Single-cell analysis has suggested a continuum of cell states as NSCs exit…”
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Experimental models and tools to tackle glioblastoma
Published in Disease models & mechanisms (01-09-2019)“…Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is one of the deadliest human cancers. Despite increasing knowledge of the genetic and epigenetic changes that underlie tumour…”
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Simultaneous disruption of PRC2 and enhancer function underlies histone H3.3-K27M oncogenic activity in human hindbrain neural stem cells
Published in Nature genetics (01-08-2021)“…Driver mutations in genes encoding histone H3 proteins resulting in p.Lys27Met substitutions (H3-K27M) are frequent in pediatric midline brain tumors. However,…”
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Engineering Cancer Selective Virotherapies: Are the Pieces of the Puzzle Falling into Place?
Published in Human gene therapy (01-11-2022)“…Advances in gene therapy, synthetic biology, cancer genomics, and patient-derived cancer models have expanded the repertoire of strategies for targeting human…”
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Modelling glioblastoma tumour-host cell interactions using adult brain organotypic slice co-culture
Published in Disease models & mechanisms (01-02-2018)“…Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is an aggressive incurable brain cancer. The cells that fuel the growth of tumours resemble neural stem cells found in the…”
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Inositol treatment inhibits medulloblastoma through suppression of epigenetic-driven metabolic adaptation
Published in Nature communications (12-04-2021)“…Deregulation of chromatin modifiers plays an essential role in the pathogenesis of medulloblastoma, the most common paediatric malignant brain tumour. Here, we…”
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Glioblastoma Stem Cells Respond to Differentiation Cues but Fail to Undergo Commitment and Terminal Cell-Cycle Arrest
Published in Stem cell reports (10-11-2015)“…Glioblastoma (GBM) is an aggressive brain tumor whose growth is driven by stem cell-like cells. BMP signaling triggers cell-cycle exit and differentiation of…”
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Widespread resetting of DNA methylation in glioblastoma-initiating cells suppresses malignant cellular behavior in a lineage-dependent manner
Published in Genes & development (15-03-2013)“…Epigenetic changes are frequently observed in cancer. However, their role in establishing or sustaining the malignant state has been difficult to determine due…”
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Myeloid cell interferon secretion restricts Zika flavivirus infection of developing and malignant human neural progenitor cells
Published in Neuron (Cambridge, Mass.) (07-12-2022)“…Zika virus (ZIKV) can infect human developing brain (HDB) progenitors resulting in epidemic microcephaly, whereas analogous cellular tropism offers treatment…”
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Neural G0: a quiescent‐like state found in neuroepithelial‐derived cells and glioma
Published in Molecular systems biology (01-06-2021)“…Single‐cell RNA sequencing has emerged as a powerful tool for resolving cellular states associated with normal and maligned developmental processes. Here, we…”
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TAK1 inhibition leads to RIPK1-dependent apoptosis in immune-activated cancers
Published in Cell death & disease (17-04-2024)“…Poor survival and lack of treatment response in glioblastoma (GBM) is attributed to the persistence of glioma stem cells (GSCs). To identify novel therapeutic…”
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Niche-independent symmetrical self-renewal of a mammalian tissue stem cell
Published in PLoS biology (01-09-2005)“…Pluripotent mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells multiply in simple monoculture by symmetrical divisions. In vivo, however, stem cells are generally thought to…”
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STAR: a simple TAL effector assembly reaction using isothermal assembly
Published in Scientific reports (12-09-2016)“…Transcription activator-like effectors (TALEs) contain modular programmable DNA binding domains. Fusing TALEs with effector domains creates synthetic…”
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Genome-wide RNAi screens in human brain tumor isolates reveal a novel viability requirement for PHF5A
Published in Genes & development (01-05-2013)“…To identify key regulators of human brain tumor maintenance and initiation, we performed multiple genome-wide RNAi screens in patient-derived glioblastoma…”
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EphrinB2 drives perivascular invasion and proliferation of glioblastoma stem-like cells
Published in eLife (28-06-2016)“…Glioblastomas (GBM) are aggressive and therapy-resistant brain tumours, which contain a subpopulation of tumour-propagating glioblastoma stem-like cells (GSC)…”
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