Non-neoplastic astrocytes: key players for brain tumor progression

M Catalano, C Limatola, F Trettel - Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Astrocytes are highly plastic cells whose activity is essential to maintain the cerebral
homeostasis, regulating synaptogenesis and synaptic transmission, vascular and metabolic …

Development of pharmacological immunoregulatory anti-cancer therapeutics: current mechanistic studies and clinical opportunities

N Yin, X Li, X Zhang, S Xue, Y Cao… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2024 - nature.com
Immunotherapy represented by anti-PD-(L) 1 and anti-CTLA-4 inhibitors has revolutionized
cancer treatment, but challenges related to resistance and toxicity still remain. Due to the …

Focused ultrasound combined with radiotherapy for malignant brain tumor: a preclinical and clinical study

KT Chen, CY Huang, PC Pai, WC Yang… - Journal of Neuro …, 2023 - Springer
Introduction Blood–brain barrier (BBB) remains to be the major obstacle to conquer in
treating patients with malignant brain tumors. Radiation therapy (RT), despite being the …

OTUD4 promotes the progression of glioblastoma by deubiquitinating CDK1 and activating MAPK signaling pathway

M Ci, G Zhao, C Li, R Liu, X Hu, J Pan, Y Shen… - Cell Death & …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract Glioblastoma, IDH-Wild type (GBM, CNS WHO Grade 4) is a highly heterogeneous
and aggressive primary malignant brain tumor with high morbidity, high mortality, and poor …

Histone H3K9 Lactylation Confers Temozolomide Resistance in Glioblastoma via LUC7L2‐Mediated MLH1 Intron Retention

Q Yue, Z Wang, Y Shen, Y Lan, X Zhong… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Temozolomide (TMZ) resistance remains the major obstacle in the treatment of glioblastoma
(GBM). Lactylation is a novel post‐translational modification that is involved in various …

Stimulation of tumoricidal immunity via bacteriotherapy inhibits glioblastoma relapse

Y Zhang, K Xi, Z Fu, Y Zhang, B Cheng, F Feng… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is a highly aggressive brain tumor characterized by invasive
behavior and a compromised immune response, presenting treatment challenges. Surgical …

Blood–Brain Barrier Penetrating Nanovehicles for Interfering with Mitochondrial Electron Flow in Glioblastoma

Y Zhang, K Xi, Y Zhang, Z Fang, Y Zhang, K Zhao… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most aggressive and lethal form of human brain
tumors. Dismantling the suppressed immune microenvironment is an effective therapeutic …

Overcoming Barriers in Glioblastoma—Advances in Drug Delivery Strategies

E ter Linden, ER Abels, TS van Solinge, J Neefjes… - Cells, 2024 - mdpi.com
The world of cancer treatment is evolving rapidly and has improved the prospects of many
cancer patients. Yet, there are still many cancers where treatment prospects have not (or …

Smart platelet-based biohybrid delivery system for magnetic-guided targeted delivery and enhanced photothermal-chemo therapy against glioma

Z Jiang, H Zhang, W Zhang, Y Zhang, Y Cui, L Mei… - Nano Today, 2024 - Elsevier
Glioma, as a fatal tumor, is difficult to treat for the poor blood-brain barrier (BBB), blood-brain
tumor barrier (BBTB) penetrance and tumor targeting of drugs. There is an urgent need to …

Individualizing glioma radiotherapy planning by optimization of a data and physics informed discrete loss

M Balcerak, I Ezhov, P Karnakov, S Litvinov… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
The growth and progression of brain tumors is governed by patient-specific dynamics. Even
when the tumor appears well-delineated in medical imaging scans, tumor cells typically …