Radiotherapy combined with nivolumab or temozolomide for newly diagnosed glioblastoma with unmethylated MGMT promoter: An international randomized phase …

A Omuro, AA Brandes, AF Carpentier, A Idbaih… - Neuro …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Background Addition of temozolomide (TMZ) to radiotherapy (RT) improves overall survival
(OS) in patients with glioblastoma (GBM), but previous studies suggest that patients with …

Tailoring vascular phenotype through AAV therapy promotes anti-tumor immunity in glioma

M Ramachandran, A Vaccaro, T van de Walle… - Cancer Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Glioblastomas are aggressive brain tumors that are largely immunotherapy resistant. This is
associated with immunosuppression and a dysfunctional tumor vasculature, which hinder T …

The effect of dexamethasone on the microenvironment and efficacy of checkpoint inhibitors in glioblastoma: a systematic review

KX Swildens, PAE Sillevis Smitt… - Neuro-Oncology …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Background Checkpoint inhibitor immunotherapy has not proven clinically effective in
glioblastoma. This lack of effectiveness may be partially attributable to the frequent …

Immunotherapeutic Strategies for the Treatment of Glioblastoma: Current Challenges and Future Perspectives

I Salvato, A Marchini - Cancers, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Glioblastoma (GBM) poses a formidable challenge as a central nervous
system tumor with extremely limited responsiveness to conventional treatments. While …

Identification and characterization of a novel indoleamine 2, 3-dioxygenase 1 protein degrader for glioblastoma

LR Bollu, PV Bommi, PJ Monsen, L Zhai… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Indoleamine 2, 3-dioxygenase 1 (IDO1) is a potent immunosuppressive enzyme that inhibits
the antitumor immune response through both tryptophan metabolism and non-enzymatic …

Evaluation of the immunomodulatory effects of radiation for chimeric antigen receptor T cell therapy in glioblastoma multiforme

D Akhavan, S Subham, JD Jeppson, B Aguilar… - Cells, 2024 - mdpi.com
Standard-of-care treatment for Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM) is comprised of surgery and
adjuvant chemoradiation. Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T cell therapy has …

[HTML][HTML] Radio-chemotherapy of glioblastoma cells promotes phagocytosis by macrophages in vitro

M Lecoultre, S Chliate, FI Espinoza, S Tankov… - Radiotherapy and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Background and Purpose Immunotherapy is actively explored in glioblastoma
(GBM) to improve patient prognosis. Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) are abundant …

Impact of molecular and clinical variables on survival outcome with immunotherapy for glioblastoma patients: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

W Hu, H Liu, Z Li, J Liu, L Chen - CNS Neuroscience & …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Given that only a subset of patients with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM)
responds to immuno‐oncology, this study aimed to assess the impact of multiple factors on …

[HTML][HTML] Radiotherapy, lymphopenia and improving the outcome for glioblastoma: a narrative review

C Kut, L Kleinberg - Chinese Clinical Oncology, 2023 - cco.amegroups.org
Methods: Papers on treatment-related lymphopenia were retrieved to analyze the role of
lymphocytes in tumor control, the role of radiotherapy in inducing lymphopenia, understand …

Glioblastoma: An Update in Pathology, Molecular Mechanisms and Biomarkers

Z Lan, X Li, X Zhang - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2024 - mdpi.com
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most common and malignant type of primary brain
tumor in adults. Despite important advances in understanding the molecular pathogenesis …