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James Rutka

Hospital for Sick Children, Cell Biology Program,
Verified email at sickkids.ca
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[HTML][HTML] Medulloblastoma comprises four distinct molecular variants

…, CE Hawkins, P French, JT Rutka… - Journal of clinical …, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Purpose Recent genomic approaches have suggested the existence of multiple distinct
subtypes of medulloblastoma. We studied a large cohort of medulloblastomas to determine how …

[PDF][PDF] Intertumoral heterogeneity within medulloblastoma subgroups

…, U Tabori, E Bouffet, U Bartels, PB Dirks, JT Rutka… - Cancer cell, 2017 - cell.com
While molecular subgrouping has revolutionized medulloblastoma classification, the extent
of heterogeneity within subgroups is unknown. Similarity network fusion (SNF) applied to …

Mutations in SUFU predispose to medulloblastoma

…, WT Dura, B Wainwright, JA Squire, JT Rutka… - Nature …, 2002 - nature.com
The sonic hedgehog (SHH) signaling pathway directs the embryonic development of diverse
organisms and is disrupted in a variety of malignancies. Pathway activation is triggered by …

Focal resection of fast ripples on extraoperative intracranial EEG improves seizure outcome in pediatric epilepsy

…, EJ Donner, SK Weiss, OC Snead III, JT Rutka… - …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: High‐frequency oscillations (HFOs), termed ripples at 80–200 Hz and fast ripples (FRs)
at >200/250 Hz, recorded by intracranial electroencephalography (EEG), may be a …

Nanoparticle-mediated cellular response is size-dependent

W Jiang, BYS Kim, JT Rutka, WCW Chan - Nature nanotechnology, 2008 - nature.com
Nanostructures of different sizes, shapes and material properties have many applications in
biomedical imaging, clinical diagnostics and therapeutics 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 . In spite of what …

Nanomedicine

BYS Kim, JT Rutka, WCW Chan - New England Journal of …, 2010 - Mass Medical Soc
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[HTML][HTML] Subgroup-specific structural variation across 1,000 medulloblastoma genomes

…, CE Hawkins, E Bouffet, SW Scherer, JT Rutka… - Nature, 2012 - nature.com
Medulloblastoma, the most common malignant paediatric brain tumour, is currently treated
with nonspecific cytotoxic therapies including surgery, whole-brain radiation, and aggressive …

[PDF][PDF] Delineation of two clinically and molecularly distinct subgroups of posterior fossa ependymoma

…, GD Bader, CE Hawkins, U Tabori, A Guha, JT Rutka… - Cancer cell, 2011 - cell.com
Despite the histological similarity of ependymomas from throughout the neuroaxis, the
disease likely comprises multiple independent entities, each with a distinct molecular …

The extracellular matrix of the central and peripheral nervous systems: structure and function

JT Rutka, G Apodaca, R Stern, M Rosenblum - Journal of neurosurgery, 1988 - thejns.org
✓ The extracellular matrix (ECM) is the naturally occurring substrate upon which cells migrate,
proliferate, and differentiate. The ECM functions as a biological adhesive that maintains …

Multiple recurrent genetic events converge on control of histone lysine methylation in medulloblastoma

…, F Boop, D Bigner, RJ Gilbertson, JT Rutka… - Nature …, 2009 - nature.com
We used high-resolution SNP genotyping to identify regions of genomic gain and loss in the
genomes of 212 medulloblastomas, malignant pediatric brain tumors. We found focal …