Targeting the indoleamine 2, 3-dioxygenase pathway in cancer

YW Moon, J Hajjar, P Hwu, A Naing - Journal for immunotherapy of cancer, 2015 - Springer
Tumor cells escape the immune surveillance system of the host through a process called
immune tolerance. Immunotherapy targets molecules that serve as checks and balances in …

Cancer stem cells and immunosuppressive microenvironment in glioma

Q Ma, W Long, C Xing, J Chu, M Luo… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Glioma is one of the most common malignant tumors of the central nervous system and is
characterized by extensive infiltrative growth, neovascularization, and resistance to various …

Circulating biomarkers for gliomas

M Westphal, K Lamszus - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2015 - nature.com
Currently, gliomas are diagnosed by neuroimaging, and refined diagnosis requires
resection or biopsy to obtain tumour tissue for histopathological classification and grading …

Immunosuppressive mechanisms of malignant gliomas: parallels at non-CNS sites

P Perng, M Lim - Frontiers in oncology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
The central nervous system (CNS) possesses powerful local and global immunosuppressive
capabilities that modulate unwanted inflammatory reactions in nervous tissue. These same …

Clinical study of a survivin long peptide vaccine (SurVaxM) in patients with recurrent malignant glioma

RA Fenstermaker, MJ Ciesielski, J Qiu, N Yang… - Cancer immunology …, 2016 - Springer
Survivin is an anti-apoptotic protein that is highly expressed in many cancers, including
malignant gliomas. Preclinical studies established that the conjugated survivin peptide …

iRGD modified chemo‐immunotherapeutic nanoparticles for enhanced immunotherapy against glioblastoma

J Kuang, W Song, J Yin, X Zeng, S Han… - Advanced Functional …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Glioblastoma is the most common primary brain tumor in adults and still remains incurable,
due to the limited accumulation of drugs in the tumor area. Herein, iRGD‐modified …

Glioblastoma therapy in the age of molecular medicine

LHM Geraldo, C Garcia, ACC da Fonseca, LGF Dubois… - Trends in cancer, 2019 - cell.com
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common and fatal primary malignant brain tumor. Despite
advances in the understanding of the biology of gliomas, little has changed in the treatment …

The effect of ionizing radiation on regulatory T cells in health and disease

E Persa, A Balogh, G Sáfrány, K Lumniczky - Cancer letters, 2015 - Elsevier
Treg cells are key elements of the immune system which are responsible for the immune
suppressive phenotype of cancer patients. Interaction of Treg cells with conventional …

FGL2 as a multimodality regulator of tumor-mediated immune suppression and therapeutic target in gliomas

J Yan, LY Kong, J Hu, K Gabrusiewicz… - Journal of the …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background: Fibrinogen-like protein 2 (FGL2) may promote glioblastoma multiforme
(GBM) cancer development by inducing multiple immune-suppression mechanisms …

Downregulation of serum microRNA-205 as a potential diagnostic and prognostic biomarker for human glioma

X Yue, FM Lan, M Hu, Q Pan, Q Wang… - Journal of neurosurgery, 2016 - thejns.org
OBJECT Circulating microRNAs (miRNAs) are a new class of highly promising cancer
biomarkers. Malignant glioma is one of the most devastating and lethal forms of intrinsic …