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ArticleCarcinogenesis2018

Relapse pathway of glioblastoma revealed by single-cell molecular analysis.

Xuelian Chen, Qin Wen, Andres Stucky, Yunjing Zeng, Shengjia Gao, William G Loudon, Hector W Ho, Mustafa H Kabeer, Shengwen Calvin Li, Xi Zhang and 1 more

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Article in Carcinogenesis, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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26citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Xuelian ChenDivision of Periodontology, Diagnostic Sciences and Dental Hygiene, and Division of Biomedical Sciences, Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Qin WenDivision of Periodontology, Diagnostic Sciences and Dental Hygiene, and Division of Biomedical Sciences, Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Andres StuckyDivision of Periodontology, Diagnostic Sciences and Dental Hygiene, and Division of Biomedical Sciences, Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Yunjing ZengDivision of Periodontology, Diagnostic Sciences and Dental Hygiene, and Division of Biomedical Sciences, Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Shengjia GaoDivision of Periodontology, Diagnostic Sciences and Dental Hygiene, and Division of Biomedical Sciences, Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
William G LoudonDepartment of Neurosurgery, CHOC Children's Hospital, Neuroscience Institute, Gamma Knife Center of Southern California, University of California - Irvine School of Medicine, Orange, CA, USA.
Hector W HoDivision of Neurological Surgery, Saint Jude Heritage Medical Group, Saint Joseph Hospital, Orange, CA, USA.
Mustafa H KabeerDepartment of Surgery, CHOC Children's Hospital, University of California - Irvine School of Medicine, Orange, CA, USA.
Shengwen Calvin LiNeuro-Oncology and Stem Cell Research Laboratory, CHOC Children's Research Institute, Children's Hospital of Orange County, Department of Neurology, University of California - Irvine School of Medicine, Orange, CA, USA.
Xi ZhangDivision of Periodontology, Diagnostic Sciences and Dental Hygiene, and Division of Biomedical Sciences, Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Jiang F ZhongDivision of Periodontology, Diagnostic Sciences and Dental Hygiene, and Division of Biomedical Sciences, Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
University of Southern California · USArmy Medical University · CNUniversity of California, Irvine · USChildren's Hospital of Orange County · USNeurological Surgery · US

Funding

DOCTORAL AND POST-DOCTORAL TRAINING IN CRANIOFACIAL BIOLOGYT90DE021982 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI PAINE, MICHAEL LANSDELL · 2011 to 2025
$6.2M
Multi-phase Microfluidic Devices for Characterization of Circulating Tumor CellsR01CA164509 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI ZHONG, JOHN · 2012 to 2016
$2.0M
Molecular Characteristics of Treatment-resistant High-risk NeuroblastomaR01CA197903 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI ZHONG, JOHN · 2016 to 2020
$1.9M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA164509NCI NIH HHS R01 CA197903NIDCR NIH HHS T90 DE021982
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) remains an incurable brain tumor. The highly malignant behavior of GBM may, in part, be attributed to its intraclonal genetic and phenotypic diversity (subclonal evolution). Identifying the molecular pathways driving GBM relapse may provide novel, actionable targets for personalized diagnosis, characterization of prognosis and improvement of precision therapy. We screened single-cell transcriptomes, namely RNA-seq data of primary and relapsed GBM tumors from a patient, to define the molecular profile of relapse. Characterization of hundreds of individual tumor cells identified three mutated genes within single cells, involved in the RAS/GEF GTP-dependent signaling pathway. The identified molecular pathway was further verified by meta-analysis of RNA-seq data from more than 3000 patients. This study showed that single-cell molecular analysis overcomes the inherent heterogeneity of bulk tumors with respect to defining tumor subclonal evolution relevant to GBM relapse.

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Brain NeoplasmsGlioblastomaHumansMaleMeta-Analysis as TopicMutationNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalPrognosisRecurrenceSignal TransductionSingle-Cell Analysis

Identifiers

PMID29718126
PMCPMC6248540
OpenAlexW2802635347

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