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Alexander G Weil

Sainte-Justine Hospital, University of Montreal
Verified email at ssss.gouv.qc.ca
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Prognostic value of medulloblastoma extent of resection after accounting for molecular subgroup: a retrospective integrated clinical and molecular analysis

…, N Kagawa, N Hashimoto, N Jabado, AG Weil… - The lancet …, 2016 - thelancet.com
Background Patients with incomplete surgical resection of medulloblastoma are controversially
regarded as having a marker of high-risk disease, which leads to patients undergoing …

[HTML][HTML] H3K27M induces defective chromatin spread of PRC2-mediated repressive H3K27me2/me3 and is essential for glioma tumorigenesis

…, M Pathania, SU Jain, B Ellezam, AG Weil… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Lys-27-Met mutations in histone 3 genes (H3K27M) characterize a subgroup of deadly gliomas
and decrease genome-wide H3K27 trimethylation. Here we use primary H3K27M tumor …

K27M in canonical and noncanonical H3 variants occurs in distinct oligodendroglial cell lineages in brain midline gliomas

…, A Faria Andrade, M Pathania, A Bajic, AG Weil… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Canonical (H3.1/H3.2) and noncanonical (H3.3) histone 3 K27M-mutant gliomas have unique
spatiotemporal distributions, partner alterations and molecular profiles. The contribution of …

Stalled developmental programs at the root of pediatric brain tumors

…, LG Mikael, B Ellezam, M Richer, A Allaire, AG Weil… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Childhood brain tumors have suspected prenatal origins. To identify vulnerable developmental
states, we generated a single-cell transcriptome atlas of >65,000 cells from embryonal …

[PDF][PDF] Pervasive H3K27 acetylation leads to ERV expression and a therapeutic vulnerability in H3K27M gliomas

…, RF Koncar, S Agnihotri, D Faury, B Ellezam, AG Weil… - Cancer cell, 2019 - cell.com
High-grade gliomas defined by histone 3 K27M driver mutations exhibit global loss of H3K27
trimethylation and reciprocal gain of H3K27 acetylation, respectively shaping repressive …

[PDF][PDF] Histone H3. 3G34-mutant interneuron progenitors co-opt PDGFRA for gliomagenesis

…, DA Khuong-Quang, AM Berghuis, AG Weil… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Histone H3.3 glycine 34 to arginine/valine (G34R/V) mutations drive deadly gliomas and
show exquisite regional and temporal specificity, suggesting a developmental context …

MR‐guided laser interstitial thermal therapy for pediatric drug‐resistant lesional epilepsy

EC Lewis, AG Weil, M Duchowny, S Bhatia… - …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To report the feasibility, safety, and clinical outcomes of an exploratory study of
MR ‐guided Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy ( MR g LITT ) as a minimally invasive surgical …

[HTML][HTML] Temporal lobe epilepsy surgery failures: a review

A Harroud, A Bouthillier, AG Weil… - Epilepsy research and …, 2012 - hindawi.com
Patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) are refractory to antiepileptic drugs in about 30%
of cases. Surgical treatment has been shown to be beneficial for the selected patients but …

Minimally invasive removal of thoracic and lumbar spinal tumors using a nonexpandable tubular retractor

A Nzokou, AG Weil, D Shedid - Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine, 2013 - thejns.org
Object Resection of spinal tumors traditionally requires bilateral subperiosteal muscle
stripping, extensive laminectomy, and, in cases of foraminal extension, partial or radical …

Evaluation of the quality of information on the Internet available to patients undergoing cervical spine surgery

AG Weil, MW Bojanowski, J Jamart, T Gustin… - World neurosurgery, 2014 - Elsevier
Objective To evaluate the quality of information available on the Internet to patients with a
cervical pathology undergoing elective cervical spine surgery. Methods Six key words (“…