Molecular and in vivo characterization of cancer-propagating cells derived from MYCN-dependent medulloblastoma.

Medulloblastoma (MB) is the most common malignant pediatric brain tumor. While the pathways that are deregulated in MB remain to be fully characterized, amplification and/or overexpression of the MYCN gene, which is has a critical role in cerebellar development as a regulator of neural progenitor ce...

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Main Authors: Zai Ahmad, Lukasz Jasnos, Veronica Gil, Louise Howell, Albert Hallsworth, Kevin Petrie, Tomoyuki Sawado, Louis Chesler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4365014?pdf=render