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ReviewBrain pathology (Zurich, Switzerland)2013

Emerging insights into the ependymoma epigenome.

Stephen C Mack, Hendrik Witt, Xin Wang, Till Milde, Yuan Yao, Kelsey C Bertrand, Andrey Korshunov, Stefan M Pfister, Michael D Taylor

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Review in Brain pathology (Zurich, Switzerland), 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Harnessing brain development to understand brain tumours.Development (Cambridge, England) · 2021
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  9. Spinal Myxopapillary Ependymomas Demonstrate a Warburg Phenotype.Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research · 2015
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Stephen C MackDevelopmental and Stem Cell Biology Program, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. stephen.mack@mail.utoronto.ca
Hendrik Witt
Xin Wang
Till Milde
Yuan Yao
Kelsey C Bertrand
Andrey Korshunov
Stefan M Pfister
Michael D Taylor

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ependymoma is the third most common pediatric brain tumor, yet because of the paucity of effective therapeutic interventions, 45% of patients remain incurable. Recent transcriptional and copy number profiling of the disease has identified few driver genes and in fact points to a balanced genomic profile. Candidate gene approaches looking at hypermethylated promoters and genome-wide epigenetic arrays suggest that DNA methylation may be critical to ependymoma pathogenesis. This review attempts to highlight existing and emerging evidence implicating the ependymoma epigenome as a key player and that epigenetic modifiers may offer new targeted therapeutic avenues for patients.

Indexed as

Epigenesis, GeneticGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticBrain NeoplasmsChildDNA MethylationEpendymomaHumans

Identifiers

PMID23432646
PMCPMC8028955

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