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Reciprocal Regulation Of Transketolase-Like 1 And Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1 Alpha In Metabolic Reprogramming And Growth Of Diffuse Midline Glioma, H3 K27m-Mutant, Christopher Andrew Waker Jan 2022

Reciprocal Regulation Of Transketolase-Like 1 And Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1 Alpha In Metabolic Reprogramming And Growth Of Diffuse Midline Glioma, H3 K27m-Mutant, Christopher Andrew Waker

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Diffuse midline glioma, K27M-mutant (DMG) are intractable brain tumors, primarily occurring in the pediatric and adolescent population. Patients have a median survival of less than one year after diagnosis. A lack of therapeutic targets has been a barrier to improvement in patient survival. Irradiation therapy improves symptoms while chemotherapy and surgical intervention, for the most part, have not yet demonstrated utility for treatment. DMG are characterized by a histone H3 mutation that results in the genome-wide loss of epigenetic-repressive marks on K27 and is associated with the misexpression of genes, like Cancer/Testis antigens. A member of this group, transketolase-like 1 …