From signalling pathways to targeted therapies: unravelling glioblastoma's secrets and harnessing two decades of progress

B Dewdney, MR Jenkins, SA Best, S Freytag… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2023 - nature.com
Glioblastoma, a rare, and highly lethal form of brain cancer, poses significant challenges in
terms of therapeutic resistance, and poor survival rates for both adult and paediatric patients …

The Role of Hypoxia and Cancer Stem Cells in Development of Glioblastoma

T Shi, J Zhu, X Zhang, X Mao - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary As one of most malignant tumors in brain, glioblastoma (GBM) is lack of
effective treatment and the prognosis of GBM patients is still very poor despite accumulated …

From laboratory studies to clinical trials: temozolomide use in IDH-mutant gliomas

X Sun, S Turcan - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
In this review, we discuss the use of the alkylating agent temozolomide (TMZ) in the
treatment of IDH-mutant gliomas. We describe the challenges associated with TMZ in clinical …

Drug delivery in glioblastoma therapy: a review on nanoparticles targeting MGMT-mediated resistance

ID Torres, JA Loureiro, MAN Coelho… - Expert Opinion on …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the deadliest type of brain cancer with poor
response to the available therapies, mainly due to intrinsic resistance mechanisms …

Comprehensive pharmacogenomics characterization of temozolomide response in gliomas

S Tong, Y Wang, J Wu, J Long, P Zhong… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Recent developments in pharmacogenomics have created opportunities for predicting
temozolomide response in gliomas. Temozolomide is the main first-line alkylating …

Is there a role for epigenetic therapies in modulating DNA damage repair pathways to enhance chemotherapy and overcome drug resistance?

IM Garner, R Brown - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Epigenetic changes in a cell's genome can cause the inactivation of genes
and affect how tumours respond to chemotherapy. These epigenetic changes do not alter …

Understanding the immunosuppressive microenvironment of glioma: mechanistic insights and clinical perspectives

H Lin, C Liu, A Hu, D Zhang, H Yang, Y Mao - Journal of Hematology & …, 2024 - Springer
Glioblastoma (GBM), the predominant and primary malignant intracranial tumor, poses a
formidable challenge due to its immunosuppressive microenvironment, thereby confounding …

[HTML][HTML] Repurposing gemcitabine for glioblastoma treatment: the role of drug-conjugates and nanoparticles as drug delivery systems

MJ Ramalho, É Serra, JA Loureiro… - Journal of Drug Delivery …, 2024 - Elsevier
Gemcitabine (GEM) repurposing for glioblastoma (GBM) therapy has been investigated as a
fast-track approach to circumvent the drug resistance mediated by the O 6-alkylguanine …

Epigenetic remodeling to improve the efficacy of immunotherapy in human glioblastoma: pre-clinical evidence for development of new immunotherapy approaches

MF Lofiego, F Piazzini, FP Caruso, F Marzani… - Journal of Translational …, 2024 - Springer
Background Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is a highly aggressive primary brain tumor, that
is refractory to standard treatment and to immunotherapy with immune-checkpoint inhibitors …

Comprehensive analysis of HHV‐6 and HHV‐7‐related gene signature in prognosis and response to temozolomide of glioma

L Chen, X Zhao, Y Liu, M Wu, S Li… - Journal of Medical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Human herpesvirus (HHV)‐6 and HHV‐7 have been detected in central nervous
system and glioma tissue, while their exact role in glioma remains uncertain. Omics profiles …