Cancer in the nervous system articles within Nature

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  • Review Article |

    This Review examines the interplay between the nervous system and tumours, from cancer initiation to progression and metastasis.

    • Rebecca Mancusi
    •  & Michelle Monje

  • Letter |

    Here, single nucleotide variants within the LMO1 locus are shown to be associated with inherited susceptibility to neuroblastoma, a childhood cancer of the sympathetic nervous system. Acquired structural variation in the same locus was also frequently found in neuroblastoma patients, leading to the suggestion that loci identified through genome-wide association studies might be also prone to somatic alterations and therefore identify potential therapy targets and/or biomarkers of tumour aggressiveness.

    • Kai Wang
    • , Sharon J. Diskin
    •  & John M. Maris

  • Letter |

    This is one of two papers showing that glioblastoma cells can differentiate into functional endothelial cells as part of the tumour vasculature. These endothelial cells are characterized by the same genetic alterations as the glioblastoma cells. The tumour-derived endothelial cells originate in putative glioblastoma-initiating cells and are functionally important for tumorigenesis.

    • Rong Wang
    • , Kalyani Chadalavada
    •  & Viviane Tabar

  • Letter |

    This is one of two papers showing that glioblastoma cells can differentiate into functional endothelial cells as part of the tumour vasculature. These endothelial cells are characterized by the same genetic alterations as the glioblastoma cells. The tumour-derived endothelial cells originate in putative glioblastoma-initiating cells and are functionally important for tumorigenesis.

    • Lucia Ricci-Vitiani
    • , Roberto Pallini
    •  & Ruggero De Maria

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