Radiation-induced alterations in the recurrent glioblastoma microenvironment: therapeutic implications

K Gupta, TC Burns - Frontiers in oncology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Glioblastoma (GBM) is uniformly fatal with a median survival of just over 1 year, despite best
available treatment including radiotherapy (RT). Impacts of prior brain RT on recurrent …

[HTML][HTML] Whole brain radiation-induced cognitive impairment: pathophysiological mechanisms and therapeutic targets

YW Lee, HJ Cho, WH Lee… - Biomolecules & …, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Radiation therapy, the most commonly used for the treatment of brain tumors, has been
shown to be of major significance in tu-mor control and survival rate of brain tumor patients …

[HTML][HTML] Increased expression of MMP-2 and MMP-9 indicates poor prognosis in glioma recurrence

W Zhou, X Yu, S Sun, X Zhang, W Yang, J Zhang… - Biomedicine & …, 2019 - Elsevier
The main characteristic of glioma is recurrence, even after intensive multidisciplinary
treatment. Studies show that enhanced invasive ability will increase the ability of tumor cells …

Radiation-enhanced hepatocellular carcinoma cell invasion with MMP-9 expression through PI3K/Akt/NF-κB signal transduction pathway

JCH Cheng, CH Chou, ML Kuo, CY Hsieh - Oncogene, 2006 - nature.com
This study is to investigate the molecular mechanism of radiation-enhanced cell
invasiveness of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) correlating with clinical patients …

Low-dose irradiation promotes tissue revascularization through VEGF release from mast cells and MMP-9–mediated progenitor cell mobilization

B Heissig, S Rafii, H Akiyama, Y Ohki, Y Sato… - The Journal of …, 2005 - rupress.org
Mast cells accumulate in tissues undergoing angiogenesis during tumor growth, wound
healing, and tissue repair. Mast cells can secrete angiogenic factors such as vascular …

Soluble ICAM‐1 a pivotal communicator between tumors and macrophages, promotes mesenchymal shift of glioblastoma

KC Yoo, JH Kang, MY Choi, Y Suh, Y Zhao… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Despite aggressive clinical treatment, recurrence of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is
unavoidable, and the clinical outcome is still poor. A convincing explanation is the …

Irradiation differentially affects substratum-dependent survival, adhesion, and invasion of glioblastoma cell lines

N Cordes, B Hansmeier, C Beinke, V Meineke… - British journal of …, 2003 - nature.com
Abstract Effects of ionising radiation on extracellular matrix (ECM)-modulated cell survival
and on adhesion and invasion are not well understood. In particular, the aggressiveness of …

Proteases and glioma angiogenesis

SS Lakka, CS Gondi, JS Rao - Brain Pathology, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Angiogenesis, the process by which new branches sprout from existing vessels, requires the
degradation of the vascular basement membrane and remodeling of the ECM in order to …

Irradiation alters MMP-2/TIMP-2 system and collagen type IV degradation in brain

WH Lee, JP Warrington, WE Sonntag… - International Journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: Blood-brain barrier (BBB) disruption is one of the major consequences of
radiation-induced normal tissue injury in the central nervous system. We examined the …

PAX6 suppresses the invasiveness of glioblastoma cells and the expression of the matrix metalloproteinase-2 gene

DA Mayes, Y Hu, Y Teng, E Siegel, X Wu, K Panda… - Cancer research, 2006 - AACR
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most invasive brain tumor. We have previously
reported that the transcription factor PAX6 suppresses the tumorigenecity of GBM cells. By …