The self-organized structure of glioma oncostreams and the disruptive role of passive cells

L Barberis, CA Condat, SM Faisal, PR Lowenstein - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Oncostreams are self-organized structures formed by spindle-like, elongated, self-propelled
cells recently described in glioblastomas and especially in gliosarcomas. Cells within these …

Spatiotemporal heterogeneity in CNS tumors

SM Faisal, VM Ravi, JM Miska - Frontiers in Immunology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Central nervous system (CNS) tumors, particularly gliomas such as glioblastoma (GBM),
have the worst prognosis. The median survival time was only 14–16 months. This is largely …

Glioblastoma invasion relies on actomyosin contractility and metalloproteinase activity

H Sumajit, D Bohringer, B Stefanovic, C Mark, J Irianto - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is one of the most aggressive and invasive types of brain
tumors with a 5-year survival rate of less than 20%. Due to its highly invasive phenotype …