PD-1/PD-L1 immune checkpoint inhibitors in glioblastoma: clinical studies, challenges and potential

T Yang, Z Kong, W Ma - Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Immune checkpoint inhibitors (CIs) have changed the landscape of tumor immunotherapy.
Glioblastoma (GBM) remains the most common primary malignant brain tumor in adults and …

Glioblastoma treatments: an account of recent industrial developments

E Alphandéry - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The different drugs and medical devices, which are commercialized or under industrial
development for glioblastoma treatment, are reviewed. Their different modes of action are …

CXCR4-targeted nitric oxide nanoparticles deliver PD-L1 siRNA for immunotherapy against glioblastoma

HT Hsieh, HC Huang, CW Chung, CC Chiang… - Journal of Controlled …, 2022 - Elsevier
While immunotherapy has emerged as a promising strategy to treat glioblastoma multiforme
(GBM), the limited availability of immunotherapeutic agents in tumors due to the presence of …

Dendritic cell vaccines improve the glioma microenvironment: Influence, challenges, and future directions

J Zhou, L Li, M Jia, Q Liao, G Peng, G Luo… - Cancer …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Gliomas, especially the glioblastomas, are one of the most aggressive
intracranial tumors with poor prognosis. This might be explained by the heterogeneity of …

Non-invasive delivery of therapeutics into the brain: the potential of aptamers for targeted delivery

B Bukari, RM Samarasinghe, J Noibanchong… - Biomedicines, 2020 - mdpi.com
The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is a highly specialised network of blood vessels that
effectively separates the brain environment from the circulatory system. While there are …

Nanomedicine revisited: next generation therapies for brain cancer

AG Bhargav, SK Mondal, CA Garcia… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Brain cancer persists as a difficult‐to‐treat condition. In particular, metastatic brain cancer
and malignant primary brain tumors such as glioblastoma (GBM) are among the most deadly …

Recent advances in immune cell therapy for glioblastoma

X Kang, Y Zheng, W Hong, X Chen, H Li… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most malignant form of astrocytoma with short survival and a high
recurrence rate and remains a global problem. Currently, surgery, chemotherapy …

Gene therapy in glioblastoma multiforme: Can it be a role changer?

M Rayati, V Mansouri, N Ahmadbeigi - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is one of the most lethal cancers with a poor prognosis. Over
the past century since its initial discovery and medical description, the development of …

Take advantage of glutamine anaplerosis, the kernel of the metabolic rewiring in malignant gliomas

F Martins, LG Gonçalves, M Pojo, J Serpa - Biomolecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Glutamine is a non-essential amino acid that plays a key role in the metabolism of
proliferating cells including neoplastic cells. In the central nervous system (CNS), glutamine …

A comparison between chemo-radiotherapy combined with immunotherapy and chemo-radiotherapy alone for the treatment of newly diagnosed glioblastoma: a …

M Lara-Velazquez, JM Shireman, EJ Lehrer… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background Immunotherapy for GBM is an emerging field which is increasingly being
investigated in combination with standard of care treatment options with variable reported …