Nature Communications (Jun 2022)

Spatiotemporal analysis of glioma heterogeneity reveals COL1A1 as an actionable target to disrupt tumor progression

  • Andrea Comba,
  • Syed M. Faisal,
  • Patrick J. Dunn,
  • Anna E. Argento,
  • Todd C. Hollon,
  • Wajd N. Al-Holou,
  • Maria Luisa Varela,
  • Daniel B. Zamler,
  • Gunnar L. Quass,
  • Pierre F. Apostolides,
  • Clifford Abel,
  • Christine E. Brown,
  • Phillip E. Kish,
  • Alon Kahana,
  • Celina G. Kleer,
  • Sebastien Motsch,
  • Maria G. Castro,
  • Pedro R. Lowenstein

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31340-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 23

Abstract

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It is essential to improve our understanding of the features that influence aggressiveness and invasion in high grade gliomas (HGG). Here, the authors characterize dynamic anatomical structures in HGG called oncostreams, which are associated with tumor growth and are regulated by COL1A1.