Research Grant

  • Stockwell, Brent (PI)

Projet

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Description

Neuroblastoma is one of the most common childhood cancers. There are different subtypes of Neuroblastoma; some have a very poor prognosis for the patient. Dr. Stockwell's team has identified a new aggressive subtype of Neuroblastoma, called "mesenchymal", and sought new therapies that can specifically target this subtype. Since genetic markers that can identify patients with the mesenchymal subtype are know, a selective therapy will have a greater chance of success in the clinic. They recently discovered that a common type of cholesterol-lowering drug, called statins, are potent and selective killers of mesenchymal neuroblastoma cells in the lab. There are many different statins, and now Dr. Stockwell is determining which is the most potent drug and exploring why the mesenchymal subtype is so sensitive to statins. He is also testing these drugs in models of the disease to show that statins are effective at killing mesenchymal neuroblastoma cells. Since these drugs have a documented safety profile in children and well-studied pharmacological activity, these drugs can be brought through preclinical testing relatively quickly and developed as novel therapies for this aggressive pediatric cancer.

StatutTerminé
Date de début/de fin réelle7/1/173/31/19

Financement

  • St. Baldrick's Foundation

Keywords

  • Pediatría, perinaltología y salud infantil
  • Oncología

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