Evolution of experimental models in the study of glioblastoma: toward finding efficient treatments

R Gómez-Oliva, S Domínguez-García… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common form of brain tumor characterized by its resistance
to conventional therapies, including temozolomide, the most widely used chemotherapeutic …

Patient-derived glioma models: from patients to dish to animals

CC da Hora, MW Schweiger, T Wurdinger, BA Tannous - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common and malignant primary brain tumor in adults
associated with a poor survival. Current standard of care consists of surgical resection …

LGR5, a novel functional glioma stem cell marker, promotes EMT by activating the Wnt/β-catenin pathway and predicts poor survival of glioma patients

J Zhang, H Cai, L Sun, P Zhan, M Chen… - Journal of experimental …, 2018 - Springer
Background Tumor recurrence, the chief reason for poor prognosis of glioma, is largely
attributed to glioma stem cells (GSCs) and epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) …

Glutamatergic mechanisms in glioblastoma and tumor-associated epilepsy

F Lange, J Hörnschemeyer, T Kirschstein - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
The progression of glioblastomas is associated with a variety of neurological impairments,
such as tumor-related epileptic seizures. Seizures are not only a common comorbidity of …

Glioblastoma organoids: pre-clinical applications and challenges in the context of immunotherapy

E Klein, AC Hau, A Oudin, A Golebiewska… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Malignant brain tumors remain uniformly fatal, even with the best-to-date treatment. For
Glioblastoma (GBM), the most severe form of brain cancer in adults, the median overall …

Both IDO1 and TDO contribute to the malignancy of gliomas via the Kyn–AhR–AQP4 signaling pathway

L Du, Z Xing, B Tao, T Li, D Yang, W Li… - Signal transduction and …, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract Indoleamine 2, 3-dioxygenase 1 (IDO1), indoleamine 2, 3-dioxygenase 2 (IDO2),
and tryptophan 2, 3-dioxygenase (TDO) initiate the first step of the kynurenine pathway (KP) …

In vitro glioblastoma models: A journey into the third dimension

M Paolillo, S Comincini, S Schinelli - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary In this review, the thorny issue of glioblastoma models is addressed, with a
focus on 3D in vitro models. In the first part of the manuscript, glioblastoma features and …

Innovations in 3D tissue models of human brain physiology and diseases

ML Lovett, TJF Nieland, YTL Dingle… - Advanced functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract 3D laboratory tissue cultures have emerged as an alternative to traditional 2D
culture systems that do not recapitulate native cell behavior. The discrepancy between in …

Advances in research of adult gliomas

A Finch, G Solomou, V Wykes, U Pohl… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Diffuse gliomas are the most frequent brain tumours, representing 75% of all primary
malignant brain tumours in adults. Because of their locally aggressive behaviour and the fact …

Glioblastoma epigenome profiling identifies SOX10 as a master regulator of molecular tumour subtype

Y Wu, M Fletcher, Z Gu, Q Wang, B Costa… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Glioblastoma frequently exhibits therapy-associated subtype transitions to mesenchymal
phenotypes with adverse prognosis. Here, we perform multi-omic profiling of 60 …