Nature Communications (Apr 2022)

Cell-lineage controlled epigenetic regulation in glioblastoma stem cells determines functionally distinct subgroups and predicts patient survival

  • Xi Lu,
  • Naga Prathyusha Maturi,
  • Malin Jarvius,
  • Irem Yildirim,
  • Yonglong Dang,
  • Linxuan Zhao,
  • Yuan Xie,
  • E-Jean Tan,
  • Pengwei Xing,
  • Rolf Larsson,
  • Mårten Fryknäs,
  • Lene Uhrbom,
  • Xingqi Chen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29912-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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The epigenetic regulation of glioblastoma stem cell (GSC) function remains poorly understood. Here, the authors compare the chromatin accessibility landscape of GSC cultures from mice and patients and suggest that the epigenome of GSCs is cell lineage-regulated and could predict patient survival.