Epidemiology and outcome of glioblastoma

AF Tamimi, M Juweid - Exon Publications, 2017 - exonpublications.com
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most aggressive malignant primary brain tumor. With an
incidence rate of 3.19 per 100,000 persons in the United States and a median age of 64 …

[HTML][HTML] Glioblastoma: overview of disease and treatment

ME Davis - Clinical journal of oncology nursing, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common and aggressive malignant brain tumor
in adults. Current treatment options at diagnosis are multimodal and include surgical …

The RNA m6A reader YTHDF2 maintains oncogene expression and is a targetable dependency in glioblastoma stem cells

D Dixit, BC Prager, RC Gimple, HX Poh, Y Wang, Q Wu… - Cancer discovery, 2021 - AACR
Glioblastoma is a universally lethal cancer driven by glioblastoma stem cells (GSC). Here,
we interrogated N 6-methyladenosine (m6A) mRNA modifications in GSCs by methyl RNA …

[HTML][HTML] Quiescent human glioblastoma cancer stem cells drive tumor initiation, expansion, and recurrence following chemotherapy

XP Xie, DR Laks, D Sun, M Ganbold, Z Wang… - Developmental cell, 2022 - cell.com
We test the hypothesis that glioblastoma harbors quiescent cancer stem cells that evade anti-
proliferative therapies. Functional characterization of spontaneous glioblastomas from …

Genetically engineered cerebral organoids model brain tumor formation

S Bian, M Repic, Z Guo, A Kavirayani, T Burkard… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Brain tumors are among the most lethal and devastating cancers. Their study is limited by
genetic heterogeneity and the incompleteness of available laboratory models. Three …

Glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and the astrocyte intermediate filament system in diseases of the central nervous system

EM Hol, M Pekny - Current opinion in cell biology, 2015 - Elsevier
Glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) is the hallmark intermediate filament (IF; also known as
nanofilament) protein in astrocytes, a main type of glial cells in the central nervous system …

Tumor-associated macrophages: Potential therapeutic targets for anti-cancer therapy

Y Komohara, Y Fujiwara, K Ohnishi… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2016 - Elsevier
The macrophage is known to be a multifunctional antigen presenting cells and playing a
central role in inflammation. Macrophages infiltrate into malignant tumor tissues in high …

A neurocentric perspective on glioma invasion

VA Cuddapah, S Robel, S Watkins… - Nature Reviews …, 2014 - nature.com
Malignant gliomas are devastating tumours that frequently kill patients within 1 year of
diagnosis. The major obstacle to a cure is diffuse invasion, which enables tumours to …

Mesenchymal differentiation mediated by NF-κB promotes radiation resistance in glioblastoma

KPL Bhat, V Balasubramaniyan, B Vaillant… - Cancer cell, 2013 - cell.com
Despite extensive study, few therapeutic targets have been identified for glioblastoma
(GBM). Here we show that patient-derived glioma sphere cultures (GSCs) that resemble …

A restricted cell population propagates glioblastoma growth after chemotherapy

J Chen, Y Li, TS Yu, RM McKay, DK Burns, SG Kernie… - Nature, 2012 - nature.com
Glioblastoma multiforme is the most common primary malignant brain tumour, with a median
survival of about one year. This poor prognosis is due to therapeutic resistance and tumour …