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ReviewFrontiers in oncology2026

Integrin β1 signaling at the crossroads of cellular plasticity, the tumor microenvironment, and therapy resistance in medulloblastoma.

William Echavidre, Vincent Picco, Christopher Montemagno

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Review in Frontiers in oncology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

William EchavidreMedical Biology Department, Centre Scientifique de Monaco, Monaco, Monaco.
Vincent PiccoMedical Biology Department, Centre Scientifique de Monaco, Monaco, Monaco.
Christopher MontemagnoMedical Biology Department, Centre Scientifique de Monaco, Monaco, Monaco.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Medulloblastoma (MB), the most common malignant pediatric brain tumor, remains associated with relapse and long-term treatment-related toxicities. Tumor-microenvironment interactions increasingly appear to contribute to progression, stemness, and therapy resistance in brain cancers. Integrin β1, a major mediator of cell-extracellular matrix interactions, regulates survival signaling, mechanotransduction, and cancer stem cell maintenance in several tumor types, particularly glioblastoma. This mini-review discusses how developmental programs, extracellular matrix remodeling, hypoxia, and cancer stem cell plasticity may converge through integrin-dependent signaling in MB. Although direct evidence remains limited, converging findings from developmental neurobiology, stem cell biology, and cancer research support integrin β1 as an underexplored candidate regulator of MB progression and therapeutic resistance.

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cancer stem cellsextracellular matrixintegrin β1medulloblastomamicroenvironmentpediatric oncologyradioresistance

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PMID42643603
PMCPMC13504261

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