Lsd1 as a therapeutic target in Gfi1-activated medulloblastoma

Medulloblastoma is one of the most prevalent malignant brain tumors in children and has very poor prognosis. In this study, the authors show, using a mouse model of medulloblastoma, that Gfi1 promotes tumor growth by recruiting Lsd1, that this interaction inhibits genes involved in neuronal differen...

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Main Authors: Catherine Lee, Vasilisa A. Rudneva, Serap Erkek, Marc Zapatka, Lianne Q. Chau, Silvia K. Tacheva-Grigorova, Alexandra Garancher, Jessica M. Rusert, Ozlem Aksoy, Robin Lea, Helai P. Mohammad, Jianxun Wang, William A. Weiss, H. Leighton Grimes, Stefan M. Pfister, Paul A. Northcott, Robert J. Wechsler-Reya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-08269-5