Dysregulated Myogenesis in Rhabdomyosarcoma.

Dysregulated Myogenesis in Rhabdomyosarcoma.
Curr Top Dev Biol. 2018;126:285-297
Authors: Yu PY, Guttridge DC
Abstract
Rhabdomyosarcoma is a mesenchymal malignancy associated with the skeletal muscle lineage and is also the most common pediatric soft tissue cancer. Between the two pediatric subtypes, embryonal and alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, the alveolar subtype is generally more aggressive and high-risk. Despite intensive multimodal therapy, patients with high-risk rhabdomyosarcoma continue to have poor prognosis. In this chapter we address the mechanisms underlying the dysregulation of myogenesis in rhabdomyosarcoma. We specifically focus on recently identified signaling pathways that function to inhibit myogenesis and how similar functions have been shown to overlap in rhabdomyosarcoma, potentially contributing to the disease.
PMID: 29305002 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Current Topics in Developmental Biology - January 7, 2018 Category: Biology Authors: Yu PY, Guttridge DC Tags: Curr Top Dev Biol Source Type: research