J Neuropathol Exp Neurol
January 2020
To evaluate a potential relationship between BRAF V600E mutation and PD-L1 expression, we examined the expression of PD-L1 in pediatric high- and low-grade glioma cell lines as well as a cohort of pediatric low-grade glioma patient samples. Half of the tumors in our patient cohort were V600-wildtype and half were V600E mutant. All tumors expressed PD-L1.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFConjunctival squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) and its precursors are among the most frequent ocular surface neoplasms worldwide. Copy gain of 8p11.22 and ADAM3A overexpression have been recently identified in invasive cSCC.
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August 2019
Retinoblastoma is the most common intraocular malignancy in children. We previously found that the ACVR1C/SMAD2 pathway is significantly upregulated in invasive retinoblastoma samples from patients. Here we studied the role of an ACVR1C ligand, Nodal, in regulating growth and metastatic dissemination in retinoblastoma.
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