Tumor-associated microglia and macrophages in the glioblastoma microenvironment and their implications for therapy

RS Andersen, A Anand, DSL Harwood, BW Kristensen - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Patients with glioblastoma—the most frequent and malignant primary brain
tumor—have a poor prognosis with a median survival of less than 15 months. Despite …

Retinal microglia: Functions and diseases

W Fan, W Huang, J Chen, N Li, L Mao, S Hou - Immunology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Microglia, the resident immune cells in the retina and nervous system, make irreplaceable
contributions to the maintenance of normal homeostasis and immune surveillance of these …

Targeted inducible delivery of immunoactivating cytokines reprograms glioblastoma microenvironment and inhibits growth in mouse models

F Birocchi, M Cusimano, F Rossari, S Beretta… - Science translational …, 2022 - science.org
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most common and lethal brain tumor characterized by
a strongly immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment (TME) that represents a barrier also …

Reciprocal interactions between innate immune cells and astrocytes facilitate neuroinflammation and brain metastasis via lipocalin-2

O Adler, Y Zait, N Cohen, R Blazquez, H Doron… - Nature Cancer, 2023 - nature.com
Brain metastasis still encompass very grim prognosis and therefore understanding the
underlying mechanisms is an urgent need toward developing better therapeutic strategies …

[HTML][HTML] The molecular feature of macrophages in tumor immune microenvironment of glioma patients

H Zhang, YB Luo, W Wu, L Zhang, Z Wang… - Computational and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Gliomas are one of the most common types of primary tumors in central nervous
system. Previous studies have found that macrophages actively participate in tumor growth …

Macrophages in recurrent glioblastoma as a prognostic factor in the synergistic system of the tumor microenvironment

N Montemurro, B Pahwa, A Tayal, A Shukla… - Neurology …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Glioblastoma (GBM) is a common and highly malignant primary tumor of the central nervous
system in adults. Ever more recent papers are focusing on understanding the role of the …

Current perspectives on diffuse midline glioma and a different role for the immune microenvironment compared to glioblastoma

CJ Pachocki, EM Hol - Journal of neuroinflammation, 2022 - Springer
Diffuse midline glioma (DMG), formerly called diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG), is a
high-grade malignant pediatric brain tumor with a near-zero survival rate. To date, only …

Vascular normalization: a new window opened for cancer therapies

T Yang, H Xiao, X Liu, Z Wang, Q Zhang, N Wei… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Preclinical and clinical antiangiogenic approaches, with multiple side effects such as
resistance, have not been proved to be very successful in treating tumor blood vessels …

Macrophage's role in solid tumors: two edges of a sword

A Jahandideh, M Yarizadeh… - Cancer Cell …, 2023 - Springer
The tumor microenvironment is overwhelmingly dictated by macrophages, intimately
affiliated with tumors, exercising pivotal roles in multiple processes, including angiogenesis …

Advances in chemokine signaling pathways as therapeutic targets in glioblastoma

RM Urbantat, P Vajkoczy, S Brandenburg - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Chemokine signaling is crucial for tumorigenesis, proliferation,
angiogenesis, tumor progression and metastasis in glioblastoma. Furthermore, chemokines …