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The telomere maintenance mechanism spectrum and its dynamics in gliomas
Kim S, Chowdhury T, Yu H, Kahng J, Lee C, Choi S, Kim K, Kang H, Lee J, Lee S, Won J, Kim K, Kim M, Lee J, Kim J, Kim Y, Kim T, Choi S, Phi J, Shin Y, Ku J, Lee S, Yun H, Lee H, Kim D, Kim K, Hur J, Park S, Kim S, Park C. The telomere maintenance mechanism spectrum and its dynamics in gliomas. Genome Medicine 2022, 14: 88. PMID: 35953846, PMCID: PMC9367055, DOI: 10.1186/s13073-022-01095-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTERT promoter mutationsTelomere maintenance mechanismTelomerase activityGlioma samplesTERT expressionPromoter mutationsCancer management strategiesSlow growth potentialCancer cell immortalityC-circle assayGlioma patientsSeparate cohortNegative groupGlioma progressionNanoString analysisTumor tissueTelomerase enzyme activityGliomasTumor cellsConclusionsThis studyALTATRX mutationsTelomerase activationATRX lossConsiderable proportion
2024
Central neurocytoma exhibits radial glial cell signatures with FGFR3 hypomethylation and overexpression
Lee Y, Chowdhury T, Kim S, Yu H, Kim K, Kang H, Kim M, Kim J, Kim Y, Ji S, Hwang K, Han J, Hwang J, Yoo S, Lee K, Choe G, Won J, Park S, Lee Y, Shin J, Park C, Kim C, Kim J. Central neurocytoma exhibits radial glial cell signatures with FGFR3 hypomethylation and overexpression. Experimental & Molecular Medicine 2024, 56: 975-986. PMID: 38609519, PMCID: PMC11059271, DOI: 10.1038/s12276-024-01204-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWhole-exome sequencingNeuronal development pathwaysDrivers of tumorigenesisGlial cell differentiationMethylation sequencingGenomic eventsPI3K-Akt activationDownstream eventsGene markersMultiomics approachCell differentiationRadial glial cellsHypomethylationOverexpressionSequenceTumorigenesisFGFR3Cell signaturesGlial cellsPotential roleCellsTumor cellsCentral nervous systemMultiomicsOntogeny