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ArticleChild's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery2011

Polycomb genes expression as a predictor of poor clinical outcome in children with medulloblastoma.

Magdalena Zakrzewska, Krzysztof Zakrzewski, Sylwia M Grešner, Sylwester Piaskowski, Beata Zalewska-Szewczyk, Paweł P Liberski

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Article in Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Epigenetic regulation in medulloblastoma.Molecular and cellular neurosciences · 2018
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  5. Recent advances and future of immunotherapy for glioblastoma.Expert opinion on biological therapy · 2016
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  6. Epigenetic changes in pediatric solid tumors: promising new targets.Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research · 2012
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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Magdalena ZakrzewskaDepartment of Molecular Pathology and Neuropathology, Chair of Oncology, Medical University of Łódź, Czechosłowacka 8/10, Łódź, Poland. magdalena.zakrzewska@umed.lodz.pl
Krzysztof Zakrzewski
Sylwia M Grešner
Sylwester Piaskowski
Beata Zalewska-Szewczyk
Paweł P Liberski
Medical University of Lodz · PLPolish Mother’s Memorial Hospital Research Institute · PL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionMedulloblastoma is the most frequent type of embryonal tumor in the pediatric population, accounting for 20-25% of all brain tumors in children. Recently, the suspected contribution of the Polycomb group (PcG) genes in medulloblastoma development was described. PcG genes play an important role in developmental processes; they are also involved in the self-renewal of hematopoietic and neural stem cells as well as in malignant transformation. PURPOSE: In this study, we evaluated the expression of BMI1and PCGF2, members of family of PcG genes, and their potential target, MYC oncogene, and analyzed their association with demographic and clinical data. MATERIALS AND

methodsThirty-one children (18 males and 13 females, aged from 0.4 to 17 years) with medulloblastoma were included in this study. The gene's expression level was measured by quantitative real-time PCR, obtained using the two-color multiplexing technique.

resultsWe found that the higher expression levels of BMI1 and PCGF2 genes were associated with significantly decreased patient survival (p = 0.02 and p = 0.012, respectively). Significant differences between gender were found, with a higher expression level of the PCGF2 gene observed among females (p = 0.02).

conclusionOur analysis showed correlation between BMI1 and PCGF2 gene's expression and survival in children with medulloblastoma.

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AdolescentBiomarkers, TumorCerebellar NeoplasmsChildChild, PreschoolFemaleGene ExpressionHumansInfantKaplan-Meier EstimateMaleMedulloblastomaNuclear ProteinsPolycomb Repressive Complex 1Proto-Oncogene ProteinsRepressor ProteinsBiomarkers, TumorBMI1 protein, humanNuclear ProteinsPCGF2 protein, humanPolycomb Repressive Complex 1Proto-Oncogene ProteinsRepressor Proteins

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PMID20717685
PMCPMC3015167
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