Optic nerve activity promotes the growth of optic pathway gliomas: Shedding light on the glioma microenvironment

Bárbara da Silva; Howard A Fine

doi:10.1016/j.ccell.2021.07.010

Optic nerve activity promotes the growth of optic pathway gliomas: Shedding light on the glioma microenvironment

Cancer Cell. 2021 Aug 9;39(8):1056-1058. doi: 10.1016/j.ccell.2021.07.010.

Authors

Bárbara da Silva¹, Howard A Fine²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
² Department of Neurology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA. Electronic address: haf9016@med.cornell.edu.

PMID: 34375609
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2021.07.010

Abstract

In a recent issue of Nature, Pan and colleagues explore whether light-induced stimulation of the optic nerve could influence the biology of optic gliomas. This study highlights the importance of neuronal-glioma interactions.

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MeSH terms

Humans
Neurons
Optic Nerve
Optic Nerve Glioma* / genetics
Tumor Microenvironment