Molecular and cellular heterogeneity: the hallmark of glioblastoma

DJ Aum, DH Kim, TL Beaumont, EC Leuthardt… - Neurosurgical …, 2014 - thejns.org
There has been increasing awareness that glioblastoma, which may seem
histopathologically similar across many tumors, actually represents a group of molecularly …

Short interfering RNAs as a tool for cancer gene therapy

M Izquierdo - Cancer gene therapy, 2005 - nature.com
There are mainly two types of short RNAs that target complementary messengers in animals:
small interfering RNAs and micro-RNAs. Both are produced by the cleavage of double …

Transferrin receptor-targeted theranostic gold nanoparticles for photosensitizer delivery in brain tumors

S Dixit, T Novak, K Miller, Y Zhu, ME Kenney… - Nanoscale, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Therapeutic drug delivery across the blood-brain barrier (BBB) is not only inefficient, but also
nonspecific to brain stroma. These are major limitations in the effective treatment of brain …

Bone marrow multipotent mesenchymal stroma cells act as pericyte-like migratory vehicles in experimental gliomas

D Bexell, S Gunnarsson, A Tormin, A Darabi… - Molecular Therapy, 2009 - cell.com
Bone marrow–derived multipotent mesenchymal stroma cells (MSCs) have emerged as
cellular vectors for gene therapy of solid cancers. We implanted enhanced green fluorescent …

Efficacy, safety and patterns of response and recurrence in patients with recurrent high-grade gliomas treated with bevacizumab plus irinotecan

RM Zuniga, R Torcuator, R Jain, J Anderson… - Journal of neuro …, 2009 - Springer
Our objective is to assess treatment efficacy, safety and pattern of response and recurrence
in patients with recurrent high-grade glioma treated with bevacizumab and irinotecan. We …

Lessons learned in the development of targeted therapy for malignant gliomas

AMP Omuro, S Faivre, E Raymond - Molecular cancer therapeutics, 2007 - AACR
The prognosis of patients with glioblastoma, anaplastic astrocytoma, and anaplastic
oligodendroglioma remains poor despite standard treatment with radiotherapy and …

Gene therapy for malignant glioma: current clinical status

KJ Pulkkanen, S Yla-Herttuala - Molecular Therapy, 2005 - cell.com
Glioblastoma is an aggressive brain tumor with a dismal prognosis. Gene therapy may offer
a new option for the treatment of these patients. Several gene therapy approaches have …

Vascular gene expression patterns are conserved in primary and metastatic brain tumors

Y Liu, EB Carson-Walter, A Cooper, BN Winans… - Journal of neuro …, 2010 - Springer
Malignant primary glial and secondary metastatic brain tumors represent distinct
pathological entities. Nevertheless, both tumor types induce profound angiogenic responses …

Mechanisms of angiogenesis in gliomas

O Kargiotis, JS Rao, AP Kyritsis - Journal of neuro-oncology, 2006 - Springer
Gliomas are the most frequent primary tumors of the central nervous system in adults.
Glioblastoma multiforme, the most aggressive form of astrocytic tumors, displays a rapid …

Addressing brain tumors with targeted gold nanoparticles: a new gold standard for hydrophobic drug delivery?

Y Cheng, JD Meyers, RS Agnes, TL Doane… - Small, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Yu Cheng, Joseph D. Meyers, Richard S. Agnes, Tennyson L. Doane, Malcolm E. Kenney,
Ann-Marie Broome,* Clemens Burda,* and James P. Basilion* the blood with reduced …