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ReviewBioengineering (Basel, Switzerland)2018

Cutting Edge Therapeutic Insights Derived from Molecular Biology of Pediatric High-Grade Glioma and Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG).

Cavan P Bailey, Mary Figueroa, Sana Mohiuddin, Wafik Zaky, Joya Chandra

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Review in Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.0field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Reirradiation for diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2019
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  11. Introduction to the Special Issue on Pediatric Neuro-Oncology.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Cavan P BaileyDepartment of Pediatrics-Research, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA. cpbailey@mdanderson.org.ORCID 0000-0003-2334-2612
Mary FigueroaDepartment of Pediatrics-Research, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA. mfigueroa1@mdanderson.org.
Sana MohiuddinDepartment of Pediatrics-Patient Care, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA. smohiuddin@mdanderson.org.
Wafik ZakyDepartment of Pediatrics-Patient Care, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA. wzaky@mdanderson.org.
Joya ChandraDepartment of Pediatrics-Research, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA. jchandra@mdanderson.org.
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · US

Funding

Preclinical evaluation of a novel combinatory epigenetics based therapy for glioblastomaR21NS093387 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI CHANDRA, JOYA · 2015 to 2016
$440k
Evaluation of Novel Dually Targeted Kinase Inhibitors for Therapy of Adult and Pediatric High-Grade GliomaR61NS111058 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI CHANDRA, JOYA · 2019 to 2019
$334k
NINDS NIH HHS R21 NS093387NINDS NIH HHS R61 NS111058
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pediatric high-grade glioma (pHGG) and brainstem gliomas are some of the most challenging cancers to treat in children, with no effective therapies and 5-year survival at ~2% for diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) patients. The standard of care for pHGG as a whole remains surgery and radiation combined with chemotherapy, while radiation alone is standard treatment for DIPG. Unfortunately, these therapies lack specificity for malignant glioma cells and have few to no reliable biomarkers of efficacy. Recent discoveries have revealed that epigenetic disruption by highly conserved mutations in DNA-packaging histone proteins in pHGG, especially DIPG, contribute to the aggressive nature of these cancers. In this review we pose unanswered questions and address unexplored mechanisms in pre-clinical models and clinical trial data from pHGG patients. Particular focus will be paid towards therapeutics targeting chromatin modifiers and other epigenetic vulnerabilities that can be exploited for pHGG therapy. Further delineation of rational therapeutic combinations has strong potential to drive development of safe and efficacious treatments for pHGG patients.

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clinical trialDIPGepigeneticshigh-grade gliomapediatrictherapeutics

Identifiers

PMID30340362
PMCPMC6315414
OpenAlexW2897448167

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