Glioma: experimental models and reality

K Lenting, R Verhaak, M Ter Laan, P Wesseling… - Acta …, 2017 - Springer
In theory, in vitro and in vivo models for human gliomas have great potential to not only
enhance our understanding of glioma biology, but also to facilitate the development of novel …

Antiangiogenic therapy: impact on invasion, disease progression, and metastasis

JML Ebos, RS Kerbel - Nature reviews Clinical oncology, 2011 - nature.com
Antiangiogenic drugs targeting the VEGF pathway have slowed metastatic disease
progression in some patients, leading to progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival …

Preferential effect of synchrotron microbeam radiation therapy on intracerebral 9L gliosarcoma vascular networks

A Bouchet, B Lemasson, G Le Duc, C Maisin… - International Journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: Synchrotron microbeam radiation therapy (MRT) relies on spatial fractionation of
the incident photon beam into parallel micron-wide beams. Our aim was to analyze the …

Contemporary mouse models in glioma research

WH Hicks, CE Bird, JI Traylor, DD Shi, TY El Ahmadieh… - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Despite advances in understanding of the molecular pathogenesis of glioma, outcomes
remain dismal. Developing successful treatments for glioma requires faithful in vivo disease …

Unravelling the glioblastoma tumour microenvironment: Can aptamer targeted delivery become successful in treating brain cancers?

B Giles, M Nakhjavani, A Wiesa, T Knight, S Shigdar… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Glioblastoma multiforme is the most lethal form of brain cancer. To improve
patient outcomes, more effective treatments should be designed. Therefore, it is important to …

Aptamer applications for targeted cancer therapy

AS Barbas, J Mi, BM Clary, RR White - Future oncology, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Aptamers are single-stranded DNA or RNA oligonucleotides that assume specific 3D
structures and bind to target molecules with high affinity. The unique specificity of aptamers …

Predicting the effects of anti-angiogenic agents targeting specific VEGF isoforms

SD Finley, AS Popel - The AAPS journal, 2012 - Springer
Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is a key mediator of angiogenesis, whose effect
on cancer growth and development is well characterized. Alternative splicing of VEGF leads …

The role of RNA and DNA aptamers in glioblastoma diagnosis and therapy: a systematic review of the literature

S Nuzzo, V Brancato, A Affinito, M Salvatore… - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most lethal primary brain tumor of the central nervous system in
adults. Despite advances in surgical and medical neuro-oncology, the median survival is …

PET imaging of brain cancer with positron emitter-labeled liposomes

N Oku, M Yamashita, Y Katayama, T Urakami… - International journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
Since nanocarriers such as liposomes are known to accumulate in tumors of tumor-bearing
animals, and those that have entrapped a positron emitter can be used to image a tumor by …

Autotaxin inhibition with PF-8380 enhances the radiosensitivity of human and murine glioblastoma cell lines

SR Bhave, DYA Dadey, RM Karvas, DJ Ferraro… - Frontiers in …, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Purpose: Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is an aggressive primary brain tumor that is radio-
resistant and recurs despite aggressive surgery, chemo, and radiotherapy. Autotaxin (ATX) …