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ArticleModern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc2023

Molecular Evidence for Olfactory Neuroblastoma as a Tumor of Malignant Globose Basal Cells.

Matthew J Zunitch, Adam S Fisch, Brian Lin, Camila M Barrios-Camacho, William C Faquin, Yaw Tachie-Baffour, Jonathan D Louie, Woochan Jang, William T Curry, Stacey T Gray and 3 more

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Article in Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc, 2023. 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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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

19 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Clinical, genetic and immunohistochemical characterization of sinonasal tumors with neuroectodermal differentiation.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2026
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  10. Mechanisms and Therapeutic Implications of EZH2 in Nasal Diseases.Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology · 2025
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  12. Analysis of ASCL1/NEUROD1/POU2F3/YAP1 Yields Novel Insights for the Diagnosis of Olfactory Neuroblastoma and Identifies Sinonasal Tuft Cell-Like Carcinoma.Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc · 2025
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  15. Update on olfactory neuroblastoma.Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Matthew J ZunitchMedical Scientist Training Program, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Developmental, Molecular and Chemical Biology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.
Adam S FischDepartment of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Brian LinCenter for Regenerative Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Camila M Barrios-CamachoDepartment of Neuroscience, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.
William C FaquinDepartment of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Yaw Tachie-BaffourDepartment of Developmental, Molecular and Chemical Biology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.
Jonathan D LouieMedical Scientist Training Program, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Neuroscience, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.
Woochan JangDepartment of Developmental, Molecular and Chemical Biology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.
William T CurryDepartment of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Stacey T GrayDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Derrick T LinDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
James E SchwobDepartment of Developmental, Molecular and Chemical Biology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Neuroscience, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts. Electronic address: Jim.Schwob@tufts.edu.
Eric H HolbrookDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Electronic address: Eric_Holbrook@meei.harvard.edu.
Tufts University · USHarvard University · USMassachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary · US

Funding

Training Program in Neurodevelopmental DisabilitiesT32NS007413 · NINDS · CHILDREN'S HOSP OF PHILADELPHIA · PI AMELIA J EISCH, ERIC D MARSH · 1998 to 2026
$8.9M
The Molecular Regulation of Horizontal Basal Cell Activation in the Olfactory EpitheliumR01DC017869 · NIDCD · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI SCHWOB, JAMES E. · 2020 to 2024
$3.4M
Profiling the transcriptome of globose basal cells of the olfactory epithelium at the single cell levelR21DC015889 · NIDCD · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI SCHWOB, JAMES E. · 2017 to 2018
$454k
The Role of Dll1 in Specifying the Molecular and Functional Status of Horizontal Basal CellsF30DC018450 · NIDCD · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI LOUIE, JONATHAN DANIEL · 2020 to 2023
$188k
Label-retaining globose basal cells as neurocompetent stem cells of the olfactory epitheliumF30DC017354 · NIDCD · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI ZUNITCH, MATTHEW · 2018 to 2021
$183k
NIDCD NIH HHS F30 DC017354NIDCD NIH HHS F30 DC018450NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC017869NIDCD NIH HHS R21 DC015889NINDS NIH HHS T32 NS007413
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Olfactory neuroblastoma (ONB, esthesioneuroblastoma) is a sinonasal cancer with an underdeveloped diagnostic toolkit, and is the subject of many incidents of tumor misclassification throughout the literature. Despite its name, connections between the cancer and normal cells of the olfactory epithelium have not been systematically explored and markers of olfactory epithelial cell types are not deployed in clinical practice. Here, we utilize an integrated human-mouse single-cell atlas of the nasal mucosa, including the olfactory epithelium, to identify transcriptomic programs that link ONB to a specific population of stem/progenitor cells known as olfactory epithelial globose basal cells (GBCs). Expression of a GBC transcription factor NEUROD1 distinguishes both low- and high-grade ONB from sinonasal undifferentiated carcinoma, a potential histologic mimic with a distinctly unfavorable prognosis. Furthermore, we identify a reproducible subpopulation of highly proliferative ONB cells expressing the GBC stemness marker EZH2, suggesting that EZH2 inhibition may play a role in the targeted treatment of ONB. Finally, we study the cellular states comprising ONB parenchyma using single-cell transcriptomics and identify evidence of a conserved GBC transcriptional regulatory circuit that governs divergent neuronal-versus-sustentacular differentiation. These results link ONB to a specific cell type for the first time and identify conserved developmental pathways within ONB that inform diagnostic, prognostic, and mechanistic investigation.

Indexed as

Esthesioneuroblastoma, OlfactoryNose NeoplasmsParanasal Sinus NeoplasmsAnimalsHumansMiceNasal CavityNeuronsesthesioneuroblastomahead and neck cancerolfactory epitheliumolfactory neuroblastomatranscriptomics

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PMID36841178
PMCPMC10198888
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