Martin Piontek's research while affiliated with Medical University of Vienna and other places

Publications (3)

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BCL-6 transcriptional corepressor (BCOR) is an epigenetic regulator that silences gene expression mainly via the polycomb repressive complex 1.1 (PRC1.1). BCOR genomic alterations are found in a variety of different tumors and recently central nervous system (CNS) tumors with BCOR internal tandem duplication (ITD) were classified as a distinct mole...
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Ependymomas (EPN) account for 10% of pediatric CNS tumors. Among the ten subgroups characterized by DNA methylation profiling, tumors located in the supratentorial region that harbor ZFTA fusions (e.g. ZFTA-RELA), and tumors in the posterior fossa region group A (PF-A) represent the most aggressive entities. As currently therapy success relies on t...
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Central nervous system (CNS) tumors with BCOR internal tandem duplications (CNS-BCOR ITD) are aggressive malignancies recently included in the 2021 WHO Classification of CNS tumors. This entity is characterized by ITDs within the PUFD domain of BCOR, potentially interfering with protein-protein interactions and preventing non-canonical polycomb rep...