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ReviewNeuro-oncology2020

Epigenetic reprogramming and chromatin accessibility in pediatric diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas: a neural developmental disease.

Flor M Mendez, Felipe J Núñez, Maria B Garcia-Fabiani, Santiago Haase, Stephen Carney, Jessica C Gauss, Oren J Becher, Pedro R Lowenstein, Maria G Castro

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Review in Neuro-oncology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 20% of its field
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

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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Investigating oncoprotein-mediated chromatin dysregulation inbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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  8. Long-read sequencing for brain tumors.Frontiers in oncology · 2024
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  12. The epigenetic dysfunction underlying malignant glioma pathogenesis.Laboratory investigation; a journal of technical methods and pathology · 2022
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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

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Flor M MendezDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology and Department of Neurosurgery, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Felipe J NúñezDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology and Department of Neurosurgery, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Maria B Garcia-FabianiDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology and Department of Neurosurgery, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Santiago HaaseDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology and Department of Neurosurgery, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Stephen CarneyDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology and Department of Neurosurgery, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Jessica C GaussDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology and Department of Neurosurgery, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Oren J BecherDepartment of Pediatrics, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois.
Pedro R LowensteinDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology and Department of Neurosurgery, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Maria G CastroDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology and Department of Neurosurgery, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor · USLurie Children's Hospital · US

Funding

XenograftP30CA046592 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Alexey I Nesvizhskii · 1988 to 2026
$178.2M
Training Program in Tumor MicroenvironmentT32CA009676 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Maria G Castro, Analisa Virginia DiFeo · 1992 to 2026
$7.3M
Oligodendrocyte-focused rAAV gene therapy strategies for Canavan disease and LeukodystrophiesR01NS076991 · NINDS · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI Guangping Gao · 2012 to 2026
$5.7M
Immune-suppressive Myeloid Cells in the Glioma Microenvironment: Signaling Mechanisms and Novel Therapeutic StrategiesR37NS094804 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI CASTRO, MARIA G · 2015 to 2021
$2.9M
Novel combined immunotherapeutic strategies for glioma: using pet dogs as a large animal spontaneous modelU01CA224160 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI PLUHAR, GRACE ELIZABETH · 2017 to 2021
$2.7M
Neuroimmunology of Malignant Brain Tumors: Innate MechanismsR01NS096756 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI LOWENSTEIN, PEDRO R. · 2016 to 2020
$2.1M
Interactions between the tumor cells and the neuro-immune microenvironment in mutant IDH1 gliomas: implications for therapeuticsR01NS105556 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI CASTRO, MARIA G · 2018 to 2021
$1.9M
FUNCTIONAL DISSECTION OF THE K27M HISTONE MUTATION IN GLIOMAGENESISR01CA197313 · NCI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI BECHER, OREN JOSH · 2016 to 2021
$1.7M
Mechanisms of glioma growth and invasion novel therapeutic strategiesR01NS082311 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI LOWENSTEIN, PEDRO R. · 2013 to 2017
$1.7M
Tuning Biomaterials-immune cell interactions for treatment of glioblastoma multiformeR01EB022563 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI MOON, JAMES J. · 2016 to 2019
$1.7M
Immune-mediated therapies in a genetically engineered murine model of diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomaR21NS107894 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI CASTRO, MARIA G · 2019 to 2019
$442k
Molecular mechanisms mediated by ACVR1 G328V and H3K27M in diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma biologyF31NS103500 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI MENDEZ, FLOR MARIA · 2017 to 2018
$50k
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) is a rare but deadly pediatric brainstem tumor. To date, there is no effective therapy for DIPG. Transcriptomic analyses have revealed DIPGs have a distinct profile from other pediatric high-grade gliomas occurring in the cerebral hemispheres. These unique genomic characteristics coupled with the younger median age group suggest that DIPG has a developmental origin. The most frequent mutation in DIPG is a lysine to methionine (K27M) mutation that occurs on H3F3A and HIST1H3B/C, genes encoding histone variants. The K27M mutation disrupts methylation by polycomb repressive complex 2 on histone H3 at lysine 27, leading to global hypomethylation. Histone 3 lysine 27 trimethylation is an important developmental regulator controlling gene expression. This review discusses the developmental and epigenetic mechanisms driving disease progression in DIPG, as well as the profound therapeutic implications of epigenetic programming.

Indexed as

AnimalsBrain Stem NeoplasmsCellular ReprogrammingChildChromatinDiffuse Intrinsic Pontine GliomaEpigenesis, GeneticFemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHistonesHumansMaleMutationChromatinHistonesDIPGepigeneticsH3 K27Mhistone variants

Identifiers

PMID32078691
PMCPMC7032633
OpenAlexW2989092138

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