Cancer stem cells: advances in knowledge and implications for cancer therapy

X Chu, W Tian, J Ning, G Xiao, Y Zhou… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2024 - nature.com
Cancer stem cells (CSCs), a small subset of cells in tumors that are characterized by self-
renewal and continuous proliferation, lead to tumorigenesis, metastasis, and maintain tumor …

Shaping the brain vasculature in development and disease in the single-cell era

T Wälchli, J Bisschop, P Carmeliet, G Zadeh… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
The CNS critically relies on the formation and proper function of its vasculature during
development, adult homeostasis and disease. Angiogenesis—the formation of new blood …

Glioblastoma

HG Wirsching, M Weller - Malignant Brain Tumors: State-of-the-Art …, 2017 - Springer
Glioblastoma is the most aggressive and the most common primary malignant brain tumor in
adults. Risk factors for glioblastoma are widely elusive and the clinical course is generally …

Glioblastoma mutations alter EGFR dimer structure to prevent ligand bias

C Hu, CA Leche, A Kiyatkin, Z Yu, SE Stayrook… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is frequently mutated in human cancer,, and is
an important therapeutic target. EGFR inhibitors have been successful in lung cancer, where …

Drug delivery challenges and future of chemotherapeutic nanomedicine for glioblastoma treatment

LP Ganipineni, F Danhier, V Préat - Journal of controlled release, 2018 - Elsevier
Glioblastoma (GBM) is one of the most aggressive and deadliest central nervous system
tumors, and the current standard treatment is surgery followed by radiotherapy with …

CAR T cell therapy in glioblastoma: overcoming challenges related to antigen expression

AS Luksik, E Yazigi, P Shah, CM Jackson - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Glioblastoma is the most common brain cancer, and prognosis remains
dismal. Continued efforts to find better treatments have shown the promise of …

Engineering NK cells modified with an EGFRvIII-specific chimeric antigen receptor to overexpress CXCR4 improves immunotherapy of CXCL12/SDF-1α-secreting …

N Müller, S Michen, S Tietze, K Töpfer… - Journal of …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Natural killer (NK) cells are promising effector cells for adjuvant immunotherapy of cancer.
So far, several preclinical studies have shown the feasibility of gene-engineered NK cells …

Bi-specific and tri-specific antibodies-the next big thing in solid tumor therapeutics

K Runcie, DR Budman, V John, N Seetharamu - Molecular Medicine, 2018 - Springer
Antibody-based therapy has revitalized the world of cancer therapeutics since rituximab was
first approved for the treatment of Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma. Monoclonal antibodies against …

Glioblastoma stem-like cells: at the root of tumor recurrence and a therapeutic target

M Jackson, F Hassiotou, A Nowak - Carcinogenesis, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Glioblastoma is the most common and most aggressive primary brain malignancy. The
current initial standard of care consists of maximal safe surgical resection followed by radical …

Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Variant III (EGFRvIII) Positivity in EGFR-Amplified Glioblastomas: Prognostic Role and Comparison between Primary and …

J Felsberg, B Hentschel, K Kaulich, D Gramatzki… - Clinical Cancer …, 2017 - AACR
Purpose: Approximately 40% of all glioblastomas have amplified the EGFR gene, and about
half of these tumors express the EGFRvIII variant. The prognostic role of EGFRvIII in EGFR …