Modeling germline mutations in pineoblastoma uncovers lysosome disruption-based therapy

Pineoblastoma is a rare pediatric cancer. Here, the authors present inactivation of Rb plus p53 via a WAP-Cre transgene induces metastatic pineoblastoma resembling human disease, and using this model, predict tricyclic antidepressants as a potential therapy for pineoblastoma, supported by their pre-...

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Main Authors: Philip E. D. Chung, Deena M. A. Gendoo, Ronak Ghanbari-Azarnier, Jeff C. Liu, Zhe Jiang, Jennifer Tsui, Dong-Yu Wang, Xiao Xiao, Bryan Li, Adrian Dubuc, David Shih, Marc Remke, Ben Ho, Livia Garzia, Yaacov Ben-David, Seok-Gu Kang, Sidney Croul, Benjamin Haibe-Kains, Annie Huang, Michael D. Taylor, Eldad Zacksenhaus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2020-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15585-2