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ArticleNature communications2025

OLIG2 mediates a rare targetable stem cell fate transition in sonic hedgehog medulloblastoma.

Kinjal Desai, Siyi Wanggou, Erika Luis, Heather Whetstone, Chunying Yu, Robert J Vanner, Hayden J Selvadurai, Lilian Lee, Jinchu Vijay, Julia E Jaramillo and 9 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. From developmental origins to relapse: molecular and therapeutic insights in medulloblastoma.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

19 authors.

Kinjal DesaiDevelopmental and Stem Cell Biology Program, and Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, M5G 0A4, Canada.
Siyi WanggouDevelopmental and Stem Cell Biology Program, and Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, M5G 0A4, Canada.
Erika LuisDevelopmental and Stem Cell Biology Program, and Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, M5G 0A4, Canada.
Heather WhetstoneDevelopmental and Stem Cell Biology Program, and Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, M5G 0A4, Canada.
Chunying YuDevelopmental and Stem Cell Biology Program, and Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, M5G 0A4, Canada.
Robert J VannerDevelopmental and Stem Cell Biology Program, and Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, M5G 0A4, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1169-1778
Hayden J SelvaduraiDevelopmental and Stem Cell Biology Program, and Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, M5G 0A4, Canada.
Lilian LeeDevelopmental and Stem Cell Biology Program, and Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, M5G 0A4, Canada.
Jinchu VijayDevelopmental and Stem Cell Biology Program, and Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, M5G 0A4, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7311-475X
Julia E JaramilloDevelopmental and Stem Cell Biology Program, and Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, M5G 0A4, Canada.
Jerry FanDevelopmental and Stem Cell Biology Program, and Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, M5G 0A4, Canada.
Paul GuilhamonDevelopmental and Stem Cell Biology Program, and Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, M5G 0A4, Canada.
Michelle KushidaDevelopmental and Stem Cell Biology Program, and Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, M5G 0A4, Canada.
Xuejun LiDepartment of Neurosurgery, and Hunan International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Base of Brain Tumor Research, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410008, China.
Gregory SteinCurtana Pharmaceuticals, Inc, Austin, TX, 78756, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3588-8834
Santosh KesariCurtana Pharmaceuticals, Inc, Austin, TX, 78756, USA.
Benjamin D SimonsDepartment of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB3 0WA, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3875-7071
Xi HuangDevelopmental and Stem Cell Biology Program, and Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, M5G 0A4, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7177-7525
Peter B DirksDevelopmental and Stem Cell Biology Program, and Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, M5G 0A4, Canada. peter.dirks@sickkids.ca.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5718-6465

Funding

Gouvernement du Canada | Canadian Institutes of Health Research (Instituts de Recherche en Santé du Canada) FRN 133625
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Functional cellular heterogeneity in tumours often underlies incomplete response to therapy and relapse. Previously, we demonstrated that the growth of the paediatric brain malignancy, sonic hedgehog subgroup medulloblastoma, is rooted in a dysregulated developmental hierarchy, the apex of which is defined by characteristically quiescent SOX2

Indexed as

Cerebellar NeoplasmsHedgehog ProteinsMedulloblastomaNeoplastic Stem CellsOligodendrocyte Transcription Factor 2AnimalsCell DifferentiationCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansMiceHedgehog ProteinsOLIG2 protein, humanOlig2 protein, mouseOligodendrocyte Transcription Factor 2

Identifiers

PMID39904987
PMCPMC11794873

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