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Cellular Cybercriminals: DIPG Hacks into the Neural Communication Infrastructure

 My group has recently demonstrated the neuronal activity drives the growth of DIPG and other high-grade gliomas. One way that active neurons promote DIPG growth is through activity-regulated secretion of growth factors into the tumor microenvironment. We have now discovered an additional, surprising means of neuron:glioma communication – ...

Combinatorial Strategies Alongside ACVR1 Inhibition in DIPG

 We and others recently discovered a novel cancer gene, ACVR1, to be mutated in approximately 25% diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG), most commonly in the youngest patients, and co-segregating with K27M mutations in histone H3.1 (HIST1H3B/HIST1H3C). ACVR1 encodes a receptor serine/threonine kinase mutated ...

COllaborative Network for NEurooncology Clinical Trials (CONNECT)

CONNECT’s goal is to establish an international clinical trials collaboration for the conduct of scientificallrational, pilot studies to assess feasibility and early efficacy of incorporating promising novel agents testablished frontline therapeutic regimens in children with newly-diagnosed, high-risk brain tumors. Thicollaboration builds on the existing infrastructure and partnerships established ...

Using zebrafish to accelerate DIPG drug development

A critical barrier to improvements in diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) therapy is a lack of new drugs that have a broad therapeutic index. In DIPG, validation of new therapeutics is hampered by the long time (6 months) that most human DIPG tumors take to kill mice. This means that it ...

Repurposing mefloquine for diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma therapy

Diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas (DIPG) are highly aggressive brain tumors found in an area of the brainstem called the pons, which controls many of the body’s most vital functions such as breathing, blood pressure, and heart rate. DIPG is the leading cause of pediatric death by brain tumor. ...