2022
A neural stem cell paradigm of pediatric hydrocephalus
Duy PQ, Rakic P, Alper SL, Robert SM, Kundishora AJ, Butler WE, Walsh CA, Sestan N, Geschwind DH, Jin SC, Kahle KT. A neural stem cell paradigm of pediatric hydrocephalus. Cerebral Cortex 2022, 33: 4262-4279. PMID: 36097331, PMCID: PMC10110448, DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhac341.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPediatric hydrocephalusPrimary treatment strategyOptimal surgical managementDevelopmental brain malformationsAnimal model studiesSurgical managementCerebral ventricleCSF diversionVentricular distentionHydrocephalic childrenTreatment strategiesBrain malformationsNeurodevelopmental disabilitiesGerminal neuroepitheliumHydrocephalusStem cell paradigmNeural stem cell fateRecent human geneticBrain surgeryCSF circulationBrain ventriclesCSF volumeNeuroprogenitor cellsBrain defectsCSF homeostasis
2019
Genomic alterations underlying spinal metastases in pediatric H3K27M-mutant pineal parenchymal tumor of intermediate differentiation: case report.
Fomchenko EI, Erson-Omay EZ, Kundishora AJ, Hong CS, Daniel AA, Allocco A, Duy PQ, Darbinyan A, Marks AM, DiLuna ML, Kahle KT, Huttner A. Genomic alterations underlying spinal metastases in pediatric H3K27M-mutant pineal parenchymal tumor of intermediate differentiation: case report. Journal Of Neurosurgery Pediatrics 2019, 25: 121-130. PMID: 31653819, DOI: 10.3171/2019.8.peds18664.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPineal parenchymal tumorsPediatric midline gliomasWhole-exome sequencingH3K27M mutationParenchymal tumorsIntermediate differentiationMidline gliomaM mutationClonality analysisTumors harbored mutationsHigh-grade lesionsCurative surgical optionVaried morphological appearancesChromosome 17 lossSomatic mutationsSpinal metastasesClinical presentationDismal prognosisSpine metastasesSurgical managementSurgical optionsMidline tumorsCase reportHarbored mutationsNF1 loss