Rhabdoid tumors are a highly aggressive pediatric tumor entity affecting infants and very young children. These tumors do not respond to conventional type chemotherapy. In recent approaches epigenetic compounds has been effective to inhibit cell growth of these tumors. Using microarray analysis we d...
Cancer development is associated with multiple genetic alterations and genomic instability either at the chromosomal or base pair level is generally thought to underlie these changes. However, it is still unknown whether genetic instability is absolutely required for tumorigenesis. Here we investig...
Malignant rhadboid tumors (MRTs) are lethal paediatric cancers characterised by a deficiency in the SWI/SNF subunit SMARCB1. Here we employ an integrated molecular profiling and chemical biology approach to demonstrate that the receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) PDGFRα and FGFR1 are coactivated in MRT...
Acquired drug resistance and tumour relapse impacts the majority of patients being treated with tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) and remains a key challenge in modern anti-cancer therapy. The lack of clinically effective therapeutic strategies to overcome drug resistance represents a significant un...
