Nanomedicine for brain cancer

S Quader, K Kataoka, H Cabral - Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
CNS tumors remain among the deadliest forms of cancer, resisting conventional and new
treatment approaches, with mortality rates staying practically unchanged over the past 30 …

Mouse models of glioblastoma for the evaluation of novel therapeutic strategies

AF Haddad, JS Young, D Amara… - Neuro-oncology …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Glioblastoma (GBM) is an incurable brain tumor with a median survival of approximately 15
months despite an aggressive standard of care that includes surgery, chemotherapy, and …

Clonally expanded CD8 T cells characterize amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-4

L Campisi, S Chizari, JSY Ho, A Gromova, FJ Arnold… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a heterogenous neurodegenerative disorder that
affects motor neurons and voluntary muscle control. ALS heterogeneity includes the age of …

The role of mouse tumour models in the discovery and development of anticancer drugs

CR Ireson, MS Alavijeh, AM Palmer, ER Fowler… - British journal of …, 2019 - nature.com
Our understanding of cancer biology has increased substantially over the past 30 years.
Despite this, and an increasing pharmaceutical company expenditure on research and …

MGMT genomic rearrangements contribute to chemotherapy resistance in gliomas

B Oldrini, N Vaquero-Siguero, Q Mu, P Kroon… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Temozolomide (TMZ) is an oral alkylating agent used for the treatment of glioblastoma and
is now becoming a chemotherapeutic option in patients diagnosed with high-risk low-grade …

Programmable base editing of mutated TERT promoter inhibits brain tumour growth

X Li, X Qian, B Wang, Y Xia, Y Zheng, L Du, D Xu… - Nature Cell …, 2020 - nature.com
Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR), CRISPR interference
and programmable base editing have transformed the manipulation of eukaryotic genomes …

Glioblastoma stem cells: lessons from the tumor hierarchy in a lethal cancer

RC Gimple, S Bhargava, D Dixit… - Genes & …, 2019 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Glioblastoma ranks among the most lethal of all human cancers. Glioblastomas display
striking cellular heterogeneity, with stem-like glioblastoma stem cells (GSCs) at the apex …

Exploring the role of nanomedicines for the therapeutic approach of central nervous system dysfunction: at a glance

MM Rhaman, MR Islam, S Akash, M Mim… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
In recent decades, research scientists, molecular biologists, and pharmacologists have
placed a strong emphasis on cutting-edge nanostructured materials technologies to …

Experimental models and tools to tackle glioblastoma

FL Robertson, MA Marqués-Torrejón… - Disease models & …, 2019 - journals.biologists.com
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is one of the deadliest human cancers. Despite increasing
knowledge of the genetic and epigenetic changes that underlie tumour initiation and growth …

Comparison of tumor-associated YAP1 fusions identifies a recurrent set of functions critical for oncogenesis

F Szulzewsky, S Arora, P Hoellerbauer… - Genes & …, 2020 - genesdev.cshlp.org
YAP1 is a transcriptional coactivator and the principal effector of the Hippo signaling
pathway, which is causally implicated in human cancer. Several YAP1 gene fusions have …