Chronic AMPK inactivation slows SHH medulloblastoma progression by inhibiting mTORC1 signaling and depleting tumor stem cells

Summary: We show that inactivating AMPK in a genetic medulloblastoma model depletes tumor stem cells and slows progression. In medulloblastoma, the most common malignant pediatric brain tumor, drug-resistant stem cells co-exist with transit-amplifying cells and terminally differentiated neuronal pro...

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Main Authors: Daniel Shiloh Malawsky, Taylor Dismuke, Hedi Liu, Ethan Castellino, Jay Brenman, Biplab Dasgupta, Andrey Tikunov, Timothy R. Gershon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-12-01
Series:iScience
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004223025208