Seminar · Cancer Biology
Sparks, flames, and inferno: epileptogenesis in the glioblastoma microenvironment
Jeff Noebels · Baylor College of Medicine
Wed, Oct 7, 2020 · 16:00 UTC
Glioblastoma cells trigger pharmacoresistant seizures that may promote tumor growth and diminish the quality of remaining life. To define the relationship between growth of glial tumors and their neuronal microenvironment, and to identify genomic biomarkers and mechanisms that may point to better prognosis and treatment of drug resistant epilepsy in brain cancer, we are analyzing a new generation of genetically defined CRISPR/in utero electroporation inborn glioblastoma (GBM) tumor models engineered in mice. The molecular pathophysiology of glioblastoma cells and surrounding neurons and untra