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Metabolic and transcriptomic profiles of glioblastoma invasion revealed by comparisons between patients and corresponding orthotopic xenografts in mice

Lijing Xin, Cristina Ramona Cudalbu, Mario Gaetano Lepore, Marta Lai

The invasive behavior of glioblastoma, the most aggressive primary brain tumor, is considered highly relevant for tumor recurrence. However, the invasion zone is difficult to visualize by Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and is protected by the blood brain ...

2021

Metabolic And Transcriptional Profiles Of Gbm Invasion: Comparison Of Patients And Paired Patient Derived Xenografts Using1H Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy And Imaging (7T And 14T) And Rna-Sequencing

Rolf Gruetter, Lijing Xin, Cristina Ramona Cudalbu, Mario Gaetano Lepore, Marta Lai

OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC2018

In vivo characterization of brain metabolism by 1 H MRS, 13 C MRS and 18 FDG PET reveals significant glucose oxidation of invasively growing glioma cells

Bernard Lanz, Rolf Gruetter, Carole Poitry-Yamate, Cristina Ramona Cudalbu, Marta Lai

Glioblastoma are notorious for their highly invasive growth, diffusely infiltrating adjacent brain structures that precludes complete resection, and is a major obstacle for cure. To characterize this "invisible" tumor part, we designed a high resolution mu ...

2018

In vivo (13)C MRS in the mouse brain at 14.1 Tesla and metabolic flux quantification under infusion of [1,6-(13)C2]glucose

Bernard Lanz, Rolf Gruetter, Carole Poitry-Yamate, Cristina Ramona Cudalbu, Marta Lai, Corina Mihaela Berset

In vivo (13)C magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) enables the investigation of cerebral metabolic compartmentation while, e.g. infusing (13)C-labeled glucose. Metabolic flux analysis of (13)C turnover previously yielded quantitative information of glutam ...

2018

In vivo cerebral metabolism of glioblastoma xenografts assessed with ¹H MRS, ¹³C MRS and ¹⁸F-FDG PET

Marta Lai

Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) is a powerful tool when studying metabolism in intact and living organs preserving cells in their natural microenvironment with minimal external interference. The unique insights offered by the observation of metabolic ...

EPFL2017

Progress towards in vivo brain (13)C-MRS in mice: Metabolic flux analysis in small tissue volumes

Bernard Lanz, Rolf Gruetter, Marta Lai

The combination of dynamic (13)C MRS data under infusion of (13)C-labeled substrates and compartmental models of cerebral metabolism enabled in vivo measurement of metabolic fluxes with a quantitative and distinct determination of cellular-specific activit ...

Elsevier2017

WIF1 re-expression in glioblastoma inhibits migration through attenuation of non-canonical WNT signaling by downregulating the lncRNA MALAT1

Marta Lai

Glioblastoma is the most aggressive primary brain tumor in adults and due to the invasive nature cannot be completely removed. The WNT inhibitory factor 1 (WIF1), a secreted inhibitor of WNTs, is systematically downregulated in glioblastoma and acts as str ...

Nature Publishing Group2016

In vivo 13C MRS in the mouse brain at 14.1 T and metabolic flux quantification during infusion of [1,6-13C2] Glucose

Bernard Lanz, Rolf Gruetter, Cristina Ramona Cudalbu, Carola Jaquelina del Carmen Romero, Marta Lai

2014

Neurochemical profile differentiation of glioma induced by cancer stem cells expressing WIF1: a 1H-MRS longitudinal study at 14.1T

Bernard Lanz, Rolf Gruetter, Cristina Ramona Cudalbu, Marta Lai

2014