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High Myc pathway activity and low stage of neuronal differentiation associate with poor outcome in neuroblastoma.


ABSTRACT: The childhood cancer neuroblastoma arises in the developing sympathetic nervous system and is a genotypically and phenotypically heterogeneous disease. Prognostic markers of poor survival probability include amplification of the MYCN oncogene and an undifferentiated morphology. Whereas these features discriminate high- from low-risk patients with precision, identification of poor outcome low- and intermediate-risk patients is more challenging. In this study, we analyze two large neuroblastoma microarray datasets using a priori-defined gene expression signatures. We show that differential overexpression of Myc transcriptional targets and low expression of genes involved in sympathetic neuronal differentiation predicts relapse and death from disease. This was evident not only for high-risk patients but was also robust in identifying groups of poor prognosis patients who were otherwise judged to be at low- or intermediate-risk for adverse outcome. These data suggest that pathway-specific gene expression profiling might be useful in the clinic to adjust treatment strategies for children with neuroblastoma.

SUBMITTER: Fredlund E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2544584 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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High Myc pathway activity and low stage of neuronal differentiation associate with poor outcome in neuroblastoma.

Fredlund Erik E   Ringnér Markus M   Maris John M JM   Påhlman Sven S  

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20080909 37


The childhood cancer neuroblastoma arises in the developing sympathetic nervous system and is a genotypically and phenotypically heterogeneous disease. Prognostic markers of poor survival probability include amplification of the MYCN oncogene and an undifferentiated morphology. Whereas these features discriminate high- from low-risk patients with precision, identification of poor outcome low- and intermediate-risk patients is more challenging. In this study, we analyze two large neuroblastoma mi  ...[more]

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