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ArticleCancer cell2010

Non-stem cell origin for oligodendroglioma.

Anders I Persson, Claudia Petritsch, Fredrik J Swartling, Melissa Itsara, Fraser J Sim, Romane Auvergne, David D Goldenberg, Scott R Vandenberg, Kim N Nguyen, Stanislava Yakovenko and 8 more

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Article in Cancer cell, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 130 papers.

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130citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

130 citing papers in PubMed, 234 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Anders I PerssonDepartment of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, 94158, USA.
Claudia Petritsch
Fredrik J Swartling
Melissa Itsara
Fraser J Sim
Romane Auvergne
David D Goldenberg
Scott R Vandenberg
Kim N Nguyen
Stanislava Yakovenko
Jennifer Ayers-Ringler
Akiko Nishiyama
William B Stallcup
Mitchel S Berger
Gabriele Bergers
Tracy R McKnight
Steven A Goldman
William A Weiss
University of California, San Francisco · USUCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center · USUniversity of Rochester · USCancer Research Center · USNeurological Surgery · USUniversity of Connecticut · US

Funding

Tissue CoreP50CA097257 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI Joseph F Costello · 2002 to 2026
$57.4M
Understanding and Controlling p120 Dysfunction in CRCP50CA095103 · NCI · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI COFFEY, ROBERT J. · 2002 to 2017
$33.6M
NG2-PG in tumor vascularization and progressionR01CA095287 · NCI · SANFORD BURNHAM PREBYS MEDICAL DISCOVERY INSTITUTE · PI STALLCUP, WILLIAM B. · 2002 to 2016
$5.3M
Regulation of beta-catenin degradation during Wnt signal transductionR01GM081635 · NIGMS · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI LEE, ETHAN · 2007 to 2016
$2.4M
NCI NIH HHS CA097257NCI NIH HHS P50 CA095103NCI NIH HHS P50 CA097257NCI NIH HHS R01 CA095287NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM081635
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Malignant astrocytic brain tumors are among the most lethal cancers. Quiescent and therapy-resistant neural stem cell (NSC)-like cells in astrocytomas are likely to contribute to poor outcome. Malignant oligodendroglial brain tumors, in contrast, are therapy sensitive. Using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and detailed developmental analyses, we demonstrated that murine oligodendroglioma cells show characteristics of oligodendrocyte progenitor cells (OPCs) and are therapy sensitive, and that OPC rather than NSC markers enriched for tumor formation. MRI of human oligodendroglioma also suggested a white matter (WM) origin, with markers for OPCs rather than NSCs similarly enriching for tumor formation. Our results suggest that oligodendroglioma cells show hallmarks of OPCs, and that a progenitor rather than a NSC origin underlies improved prognosis in patients with this tumor.

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AnimalsAntigensBenzamidesBrain NeoplasmsCell DifferentiationCell Line, TumorChondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycan 4DacarbazineDiphenylamineHumansMiceMitogen-Activated Protein KinasesNeural Stem CellsOligodendrogliaOligodendrogliomaOncogene Proteins v-erbBAntigensBenzamidesChondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycan 4DacarbazineDiphenylaminemirdametinibMitogen-Activated Protein KinasesOncogene Proteins v-erbBProteoglycansTemozolomideTumor Suppressor Protein p53

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PMID21156288
PMCPMC3031116
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