YAP1/TAZ drives ependymoma-like tumour formation in mice

oleh: Noreen Eder, Federico Roncaroli, Marie-Charlotte Domart, Stuart Horswell, Felipe Andreiuolo, Helen R. Flynn, Andre T. Lopes, Suzanne Claxton, John-Paul Kilday, Lucy Collinson, Jun-Hao Mao, Torsten Pietsch, Barry Thompson, Ambrosius P. Snijders, Sila K. Ultanir

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Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2020-05-01

Deskripsi

YAP1 gene fusions are found in subgroups of paediatric ependymomas. Here the authors show that YAP1 activation in NeuroD6 positive neuronal precursor cells can induce ependymoma-like tumours in mice.