Extracellular matrix remodeling in tumor progression and immune escape: from mechanisms to treatments

Z Yuan, Y Li, S Zhang, X Wang, H Dou, X Yu, Z Zhang… - Molecular cancer, 2023 - Springer
The malignant tumor is a multi-etiological, systemic and complex disease characterized by
uncontrolled cell proliferation and distant metastasis. Anticancer treatments including …

Dissecting and rebuilding the glioblastoma microenvironment with engineered materials

KJ Wolf, J Chen, JD Coombes, MK Aghi… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most aggressive and common form of primary brain cancer.
Several decades of research have provided great insight into GBM progression; however …

Silk microneedle patch capable of on‐demand multidrug delivery to the brain for glioblastoma treatment

Z Wang, Z Yang, J Jiang, Z Shi, Y Mao… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common and aggressive primary brain tumor. Surgery
followed by chemotherapy and radiotherapy remains the standard treatment strategy for …

Tissue factor is a critical regulator of radiation therapy-induced glioblastoma remodeling

HM Jeon, JY Kim, HJ Cho, WJ Lee, D Nguyen, SS Kim… - Cancer cell, 2023 - cell.com
Radiation therapy (RT) provides therapeutic benefits for patients with glioblastoma (GBM),
but inevitably induces poorly understood global changes in GBM and its microenvironment …

The effects of ionising and non-ionising electromagnetic radiation on extracellular matrix proteins

RJ Tuieng, SH Cartmell, CC Kirwan, MJ Sherratt - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Exposure to sub-lethal doses of ionising and non-ionising electromagnetic radiation can
impact human health and well-being as a consequence of, for example, the side effects of …

[HTML][HTML] The extracellular matrix–immune microenvironment crosstalk in cancer therapy: challenges and opportunities

L Closset, O Gultekin, S Salehi, D Sarhan, K Lehti… - Matrix Biology, 2023 - Elsevier
Targeting the tumour immune microenvironment (TIME) by cancer immunotherapy has led to
improved patient outcomes. However, response to these treatments is heterogeneous and …

Nanomedicine strategies to circumvent intratumor extracellular matrix barriers for cancer therapy

X Xu, Y Wu, X Qian, Y Wang, J Wang… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The dense and heterogeneous physical network of the extracellular matrix (ECM) in tumors
represents a formidable barrier that limits intratumor drug delivery and the therapeutic …

The scrambled story between hyaluronan and glioblastoma

MA Pibuel, D Poodts, M Díaz, SE Hajos… - Journal of Biological …, 2021 - ASBMB
Advances in cancer biology are revealing the importance of the cancer cell
microenvironment on tumorigenesis and cancer progression. Hyaluronan (HA), the main …

The role of hypoxia and SRC tyrosine kinase in glioblastoma invasiveness and radioresistance

F Torrisi, N Vicario, FM Spitale, FP Cammarata… - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The biological pathways underlying glioblastoma malignancy and
radioresistance are still unclear. In this review, we describe the role of the hypoxic …

Molecular and clinical insights into the invasive capacity of glioblastoma cells

C Velásquez, S Mansouri, C Mora, F Nassiri… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The invasive capacity of GBM is one of the key tumoral features associated with treatment
resistance, recurrence, and poor overall survival. The molecular machinery underlying GBM …