Glioblastoma and other primary brain malignancies in adults: a review

LR Schaff, IK Mellinghoff - Jama, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Malignant primary brain tumors cause more than 15 000 deaths per year in the
United States. The annual incidence of primary malignant brain tumors is approximately 7 …

Immune checkpoint blockade in glioblastoma: from tumor heterogeneity to personalized treatment

VA Arrieta, C Dmello, DJ McGrail… - The Journal of …, 2023 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) has revolutionized modern cancer therapy, arousing
great interest in the neuro-oncology community. While several reports show that subsets of …

Oncolytic DNX-2401 virotherapy plus pembrolizumab in recurrent glioblastoma: a phase 1/2 trial

F Nassiri, V Patil, LS Yefet, O Singh, J Liu, RMA Dang… - Nature medicine, 2023 - nature.com
Immune-mediated anti-tumoral responses, elicited by oncolytic viruses and augmented with
checkpoint inhibition, may be an effective treatment approach for glioblastoma. Here in this …

Metabolism, metabolites, and macrophages in cancer

M Li, Y Yang, L Xiong, P Jiang, J Wang, C Li - Journal of hematology & …, 2023 - Springer
Tumour-associated macrophages (TAMs) are crucial components of the tumour
microenvironment and play a significant role in tumour development and drug resistance by …

Siglec-9 acts as an immune-checkpoint molecule on macrophages in glioblastoma, restricting T-cell priming and immunotherapy response

Y Mei, X Wang, J Zhang, D Liu, J He, C Huang, J Liao… - Nature cancer, 2023 - nature.com
Neoadjuvant immune-checkpoint blockade therapy only benefits a limited fraction of patients
with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). Thus, targeting other immunomodulators on myeloid …

The local microenvironment drives activation of neutrophils in human brain tumors

RR Maas, K Soukup, N Fournier, M Massara, S Galland… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Neutrophils are abundant immune cells in the circulation and frequently infiltrate tumors in
substantial numbers. However, their precise functions in different cancer types remain …

Primary brain tumours in adults

MJ van den Bent, M Geurts, PJ French, M Smits… - The Lancet, 2023 - thelancet.com
The most frequent adult-type primary CNS tumours are diffuse gliomas, but a large variety of
rarer CNS tumour types exists. The classification of these tumours is increasingly based on …

Cancer immunotherapy with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs): potential, mechanisms of resistance, and strategies for reinvigorating T cell responsiveness when …

HE Marei, A Hasan, G Pozzoli, C Cenciarelli - Cancer cell international, 2023 - Springer
Cancer is still the leading cause of death globally. The approval of the therapeutic use of
monoclonal antibodies against immune checkpoint molecules, notably those that target the …

Predictive biomarkers of immunotherapy response with pharmacological applications in solid tumors

SA Kovács, JT Fekete, B Győrffy - Acta Pharmacologica Sinica, 2023 - nature.com
Immune-checkpoint inhibitors show promising effects in the treatment of multiple tumor
types. Biomarkers are biological indicators used to select patients for a systemic anticancer …

CTLA-4 blockade induces a microglia-Th1 cell partnership that stimulates microglia phagocytosis and anti-tumor function in glioblastoma

D Chen, SK Varanasi, T Hara, K Traina, M Sun… - Immunity, 2023 - cell.com
The limited efficacy of immunotherapies against glioblastoma underscores the urgency of
better understanding immunity in the central nervous system. We found that treatment with …