Nature Communications (Aug 2020)

Wnt activation as a therapeutic strategy in medulloblastoma

  • Branavan Manoranjan,
  • Chitra Venugopal,
  • David Bakhshinyan,
  • Ashley A. Adile,
  • Laura Richards,
  • Michelle M. Kameda-Smith,
  • Owen Whitley,
  • Anna Dvorkin-Gheva,
  • Minomi Subapanditha,
  • Neil Savage,
  • Nazanin Tatari,
  • Dillon McKenna,
  • Blessing Bassey-Archibong,
  • Neil Winegarden,
  • Robin Hallett,
  • John P. Provias,
  • Blake Yarascavitch,
  • Olufemi Ajani,
  • Adam Fleming,
  • Gary D. Bader,
  • Trevor J. Pugh,
  • Bradley W. Doble,
  • Sheila K. Singh

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17953-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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The Wnt molecular subgroup of medulloblastoma is associated with better prognosis than the other molecular subgroups. Here, the authors show that activating Wnt signaling impairs tumor development and improves survival in Group 3 and Group 4 medulloblastoma preclinical models.