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ArticleNature communications2021

Tumor cell plasticity, heterogeneity, and resistance in crucial microenvironmental niches in glioma.

Erik Jung, Matthias Osswald, Miriam Ratliff, Helin Dogan, Ruifan Xie, Sophie Weil, Dirk C Hoffmann, Felix T Kurz, Tobias Kessler, Sabine Heiland and 4 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 107 papers.

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107citing papers in PubMed
14.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

107 citing papers in PubMed, 147 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Erik JungNeurology Clinic and National Center for Tumor Diseases, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5016-8202
Matthias OsswaldNeurology Clinic and National Center for Tumor Diseases, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
Miriam RatliffClinical Cooperation Unit Neurooncology, German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.
Helin DoganDepartment of Neuropathology, Institute of Pathology, Ruprecht-Karls University Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
Ruifan XieNeurology Clinic and National Center for Tumor Diseases, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
Sophie WeilNeurology Clinic and National Center for Tumor Diseases, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
Dirk C HoffmannNeurology Clinic and National Center for Tumor Diseases, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
Felix T KurzDepartment of Neuroradiology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
Tobias KesslerNeurology Clinic and National Center for Tumor Diseases, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-8350-7074
Sabine HeilandDepartment of Neuroradiology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
Andreas von DeimlingDepartment of Neuropathology, Institute of Pathology, Ruprecht-Karls University Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5863-540X
Felix SahmDepartment of Neuropathology, Institute of Pathology, Ruprecht-Karls University Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-5441-1962
Wolfgang WickNeurology Clinic and National Center for Tumor Diseases, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-6171-634X
Frank WinklerNeurology Clinic and National Center for Tumor Diseases, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany. frank.winkler@med.uni-heidelberg.de.ORCID 0000-0003-4892-6104
German Cancer Research Center · DEHeidelberg University · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Both the perivascular niche (PVN) and the integration into multicellular networks by tumor microtubes (TMs) have been associated with progression and resistance to therapies in glioblastoma, but their specific contribution remained unknown. By long-term tracking of tumor cell fate and dynamics in the live mouse brain, differential therapeutic responses in both niches are determined. Both the PVN, a preferential location of long-term quiescent glioma cells, and network integration facilitate resistance against cytotoxic effects of radiotherapy and chemotherapy-independently of each other, but with additive effects. Perivascular glioblastoma cells are particularly able to actively repair damage to tumor regions. Population of the PVN and resistance in it depend on proficient NOTCH1 expression. In turn, NOTCH1 downregulation induces resistant multicellular networks by TM extension. Our findings identify NOTCH1 as a central switch between the PVN and network niche in glioma, and demonstrate robust cross-compensation when only one niche is targeted.

Indexed as

AnimalsBrain NeoplasmsCell Line, TumorCell PlasticityGlioblastomaGliomaHumansMiceNeoplastic Stem CellsPericytesReceptor, Notch1Tumor MicroenvironmentNotch1 protein, mouseReceptor, Notch1

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PMID33579922
PMCPMC7881116
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