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ArticleThe American journal of pathology2018

Mice Expressing Myc in Neural Precursors Develop Choroid Plexus and Ciliary Body Tumors.

Morgan L Shannon, Ryann M Fame, Kevin F Chau, Neil Dani, Monica L Calicchio, Gwenaelle S Géléoc, Hart G W Lidov, Sanda Alexandrescu, Maria K Lehtinen

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Article in The American journal of pathology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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  11. Preclinical validation of a novel therapeutic strategy for choroid plexus carcinoma.Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Morgan L ShannonDepartment of Pathology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Ryann M FameDepartment of Pathology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Kevin F ChauDepartment of Pathology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Program in Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Neil DaniDepartment of Pathology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Monica L CalicchioDepartment of Pathology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Gwenaelle S GéléocDepartment of Otolaryngology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; F.M. Kirby Center for Neurobiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Hart G W LidovDepartment of Pathology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Sanda AlexandrescuDepartment of Pathology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Maria K LehtinenDepartment of Pathology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Program in Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Electronic address: maria.lehtinen@childrens.harvard.edu.
Boston Children's Hospital · US

Funding

Control of neural stem cells by the nascent cerebrospinal fluidR01NS088566 · NINDS · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI LEHTINEN, MARIA · 2014 to 2024
$5.5M
Mouse Neurodevelopmental Behavior CoreU54HD090255 · NICHD · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI POMEROY, SCOTT LOREN · 2016 to 2020
$5.2M
Pediatric Pathology Translational ResearchT32HL110852 · NHLBI · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI FLEMING, MARK D · 2012 to 2017
$1.4M
NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL110852NICHD NIH HHS U54 HD090255NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS088566
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Choroid plexus tumors and ciliary body medulloepithelioma are predominantly pediatric neoplasms. Progress in understanding the pathogenesis of these tumors has been hindered by their rarity and lack of models that faithfully recapitulate the disease. Here, we find that endogenous Myc proto-oncogene protein is down-regulated in the forebrain neuroepithelium, whose neural plate border domains give rise to the anterior choroid plexus and ciliary body. To uncover the consequences of persistent Myc expression, MYC expression was forced in multipotent neural precursors (nestin-Cre:Myc), which produced fully penetrant models of choroid plexus carcinoma and ciliary body medulloepithelioma. Nestin-mediated MYC expression in the epithelial cells of choroid plexus leads to the regionalized formation of choroid plexus carcinoma in the posterior domain of the lateral ventricle choroid plexus and the fourth ventricle choroid plexus that is accompanied by loss of multiple cilia, up-regulation of protein biosynthetic machinery, and hydrocephalus. Parallel MYC expression in the ciliary body leads also to up-regulation of protein biosynthetic machinery. Additionally, Myc expression in human choroid plexus tumors increases with aggressiveness of disease. Collectively, our findings expose a select vulnerability of the neuroepithelial lineage to postnatal tumorigenesis and provide a new mouse model for investigating the pathogenesis of these rare pediatric neoplasms.

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Disease Models, AnimalAdolescentAdultAnimalsCarcinogenesisChildChild, PreschoolChoroid Plexus NeoplasmsCiliary BodyFemaleHumansInfantMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, TransgenicMAS1 protein, humanMYC protein, humanProto-Oncogene MasProto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc

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PMID29545198
PMCPMC5971223
OpenAlexW2791045165

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