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ArticleNature communications2020

Phenotypic profiling with a living biobank of primary rhabdomyosarcoma unravels disease heterogeneity and AKT sensitivity.

Gabriele Manzella, Leonie D Schreck, Willemijn B Breunis, Jan Molenaar, Hans Merks, Frederic G Barr, Wenyue Sun, Michaela Römmele, Luduo Zhang, Joelle Tchinda and 8 more

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In one paragraph

Article in Nature communications, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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35citing papers in PubMed
4.4field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

35 citing papers in PubMed, 53 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors at 6 institutions in 5 countries.

Gabriele ManzellaUniversity Children's Hospital, Department of Oncology and Children's Research Center, Steinwiesstrasse 75, CH-8032, Zurich, Switzerland.
Leonie D SchreckUniversity Children's Hospital, Department of Oncology and Children's Research Center, Steinwiesstrasse 75, CH-8032, Zurich, Switzerland.
Willemijn B BreunisUniversity Children's Hospital, Department of Oncology and Children's Research Center, Steinwiesstrasse 75, CH-8032, Zurich, Switzerland.
Jan MolenaarPrincess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584, CT, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Hans MerksPrincess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584, CT, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Frederic G BarrLaboratory of Pathology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA.
Wenyue SunLaboratory of Pathology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA.
Michaela RömmeleUniversity Children's Hospital, Department of Oncology and Children's Research Center, Steinwiesstrasse 75, CH-8032, Zurich, Switzerland.
Luduo ZhangUniversity Children's Hospital, Department of Oncology and Children's Research Center, Steinwiesstrasse 75, CH-8032, Zurich, Switzerland.
Joelle TchindaUniversity Children's Hospital, Department of Oncology and Children's Research Center, Steinwiesstrasse 75, CH-8032, Zurich, Switzerland.
Quy A NgoUniversity Children's Hospital, Department of Oncology and Children's Research Center, Steinwiesstrasse 75, CH-8032, Zurich, Switzerland.
Peter BodeUniversity Hospital Zurich, Institute of Surgical Pathology, Schmelzbergstrasse 12, CH-8091, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9633-4042
Olivier DelattreFrance INSERM U830, Équipe Labellisé LNCC, PSL Université, SIREDO Oncology Centre, Institut Curie, Paris, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8730-2276
Didier SurdezFrance INSERM U830, Équipe Labellisé LNCC, PSL Université, SIREDO Oncology Centre, Institut Curie, Paris, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7118-7859
Bharat RekhiTata Memorial Hospital, Department of Pathology, Dr E.B. road, Parel, Mumbai, 400012, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3509-4794
Felix K NiggliUniversity Children's Hospital, Department of Oncology and Children's Research Center, Steinwiesstrasse 75, CH-8032, Zurich, Switzerland.
Beat W Schäfer *University Children's Hospital, Department of Oncology and Children's Research Center, Steinwiesstrasse 75, CH-8032, Zurich, Switzerland. beat.schaefer@kispi.uzh.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5988-2915
Marco Wachtel *University Children's Hospital, Department of Oncology and Children's Research Center, Steinwiesstrasse 75, CH-8032, Zurich, Switzerland.
University Children's Hospital Zurich · CHPrincess Máxima Center · NLInserm · FRNational Cancer Institute · USTata Memorial Hospital · INUniversity Hospital of Zurich · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer therapy is currently shifting from broadly used cytotoxic drugs to patient-specific precision therapies. Druggable driver oncogenes, identified by molecular analyses, are present in only a subset of patients. Functional profiling of primary tumor cells could circumvent these limitations, but suitable platforms are unavailable for most cancer entities. Here, we describe an in vitro drug profiling platform for rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS), using a living biobank composed of twenty RMS patient-derived xenografts (PDX) for high-throughput drug testing. Optimized in vitro conditions preserve phenotypic and molecular characteristics of primary PDX cells and are compatible with propagation of cells directly isolated from patient tumors. Besides a heterogeneous spectrum of responses of largely patient-specific vulnerabilities, profiling with a large drug library reveals a strong sensitivity towards AKT inhibitors in a subgroup of RMS. Overall, our study highlights the feasibility of in vitro drug profiling of primary RMS for patient-specific treatment selection in a co-clinical setting.

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AnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsBiological Specimen BanksDrug Screening Assays, AntitumorGene Expression ProfilingHumansPhenotypeProtein Kinase InhibitorsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktRhabdomyosarcomaTumor Cells, CulturedXenograft Model Antitumor AssaysAntineoplastic AgentsProtein Kinase InhibitorsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt

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PMID32934208
PMCPMC7492191
OpenAlexW3087543513

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