CNSC-54. CENTRAL AND BOUNDARY-DRIVEN GROWTH PATTERNS DOMINATE RESPECTIVELY IDH WILD-TYPE AND MUTANT GLIOMAS
Kyriakidou M, Urbaniak K, Mbegbu M, Rockne R, Wesseling P, Eijgelaar R, Anderson K, Verhaak R, de Witt-Hamer P, Verburg N, Branciamore S, Barthel F. CNSC-54. CENTRAL AND BOUNDARY-DRIVEN GROWTH PATTERNS DOMINATE RESPECTIVELY IDH WILD-TYPE AND MUTANT GLIOMAS. Neuro-Oncology 2024, 26: viii53-viii53. PMCID: PMC11553254, DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noae165.0210.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConsistent with neutral evolutionDiffuse gliomasLocal treatmentEvolutionary processWhole-genome sequencingSpread to distant sitesIDH wild-typePrimary malignant brain tumorImage-guided samplingPhylogeographic relationshipsDN/dS ratiosMalignant brain tumorsNeutral evolutionSomatic variantsGenetic heterogeneityIDHmut tumorsTumor centerMRI abnormalitiesStochastic mutationsTumor diffusionAdult patientsPoor prognosisTumor cellsIDH mutantTumor developmentCASCADES, a novel SOX2 super‐enhancer‐associated long noncoding RNA, regulates cancer stem cell specification and differentiation in glioblastoma
Shahzad U, Nikolopoulos M, Li C, Johnston M, Wang J, Sabha N, Varn F, Riemenschneider A, Krumholtz S, Krishnamurthy P, Smith C, Karamchandani J, Watts J, Verhaak R, Gallo M, Rutka J, Das S. CASCADES, a novel SOX2 super‐enhancer‐associated long noncoding RNA, regulates cancer stem cell specification and differentiation in glioblastoma. Molecular Oncology 2024 PMID: 39323013, DOI: 10.1002/1878-0261.13735.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCancer stem cellsGlioma CSCsPresence of cancer stem cellsCancer stem cell compartmentPrimary malignant brain tumorGlioma cancer stem cellsMalignant brain tumorsCancer-specific mannerMedian survivalTumor recurrenceTreatment resistanceStem cell specificationRegulation of stemnessTumor developmentRegulation of Sox2Brain tumorsNeuronal lineageStem cellsGlioblastomaTherapeutic targetSOX2Cell RepositoryCell-specificTumorLong noncoding RNAs