Understanding the glioblastoma immune microenvironment as basis for the development of new immunotherapeutic strategies

AR Pombo Antunes, I Scheyltjens, J Duerinck, B Neyns… - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
Cancer immunotherapy by immune checkpoint blockade has proven its great potential by
saving the lives of a proportion of late stage patients with immunogenic tumor types …

Myeloid cells in glioblastoma microenvironment

A De Leo, A Ugolini, F Veglia - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most aggressive, malignant primary brain tumor in adults. GBM is
notoriously resistant to immunotherapy mainly due to its unique immune microenvironment …

Tryptophan metabolism drives dynamic immunosuppressive myeloid states in IDH-mutant gliomas

M Friedrich, R Sankowski, L Bunse, M Kilian, E Green… - Nature cancer, 2021 - nature.com
The dynamics and phenotypes of intratumoral myeloid cells during tumor progression are
poorly understood. Here we define myeloid cellular states in gliomas by longitudinal single …

Tumour immune rejection triggered by activation of α2-adrenergic receptors

J Zhu, S Naulaerts, L Boudhan, M Martin, L Gatto… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Immunotherapy based on immunecheckpoint blockade (ICB) using antibodies induces
rejection of tumours and brings clinical benefit in patients with various cancer types …

Single-cell atlas reveals complexity of the immunosuppressive microenvironment of initial and recurrent glioblastoma

W Fu, W Wang, H Li, Y Jiao, R Huo, Z Yan… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The Glioblastoma (GBM) immune microenvironment plays a critical role in tumor
development, progression, and prognosis. A comprehensive understanding of the intricate …

Tumor-associated macrophages in gliomas—basic insights and treatment opportunities

JK Andersen, H Miletic, JA Hossain - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Macrophages are a specialized immune cell type found in both
invertebrates and vertebrates. Versatile in functionality, macrophages carry out important …

Interactions between tumor cells, neurons, and microglia in the glioma microenvironment

DP Radin, SE Tsirka - International journal of molecular sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Despite significant strides made in understanding the pathophysiology of high-grade
gliomas over the past two decades, most patients succumb to these neoplasias within two …

Glial and myeloid heterogeneity in the brain tumour microenvironment

BM Andersen, C Faust Akl, MA Wheeler… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Brain cancers carry bleak prognoses, with therapeutic advances helping only a minority of
patients over the past decade. The brain tumour microenvironment (TME) is highly …

Glioblastoma microenvironment and cellular interactions

CB Crivii, AB Boșca, CS Melincovici, AM Constantin… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary This paper summarizes the crosstalk between tumor/non-tumor cells and
other elements of the glioblastoma (GB) microenvironment. In tumor pathology, glial cells …

Harnessing innate immune pathways for therapeutic advancement in cancer

A Hu, L Sun, H Lin, Y Liao, H Yang… - Signal Transduction and …, 2024 - nature.com
The innate immune pathway is receiving increasing attention in cancer therapy. This
pathway is ubiquitous across various cell types, not only in innate immune cells but also in …