Wnt and PI3K/Akt/mTOR survival pathways as therapeutic targets in glioblastoma

A Barzegar Behrooz, Z Talaie, F Jusheghani… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Glioblastoma (GBM) is a devastating type of brain tumor, and current therapeutic treatments,
including surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation, are palliative at best. The design of effective …

Epidermal growth factor receptor and EGFRvIII in glioblastoma: signaling pathways and targeted therapies

Z An, O Aksoy, T Zheng, QW Fan, WA Weiss - Oncogene, 2018 - nature.com
Amplification of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and its active mutant EGFRvIII
occurs frequently in glioblastoma (GBM). While EGFR and EGFRvIII play critical roles in …

[HTML][HTML] The role of SOX family members in solid tumours and metastasis

D Grimm, J Bauer, P Wise, M Krüger… - Seminars in cancer …, 2020 - Elsevier
Cancer is a heavy burden for humans across the world with high morbidity and mortality.
Transcription factors including sex determining region Y (SRY)-related high-mobility group …

Altered cellular metabolism in gliomas—An emerging landscape of actionable co-dependency targets

J Bi, S Chowdhry, S Wu, W Zhang, K Masui… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Altered cellular metabolism is a hallmark of gliomas. Propelled by a set of recent
technological advances, new insights into the molecular mechanisms underlying glioma …

Advances in the molecular genetics of gliomas—implications for classification and therapy

G Reifenberger, HG Wirsching… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2017 - nature.com
Genome-wide molecular-profiling studies have revealed the characteristic genetic
alterations and epigenetic profiles associated with different types of gliomas. These …

The glioma stem cell model in the era of single-cell genomics

ML Suva, I Tirosh - Cancer cell, 2020 - cell.com
Glioma stem cells (GSCs) are thought to underlie glioma initiation, evolution, and resistance
to existing therapies. Although functional evidence for GSCs is abundant, tumor …

Bromodomain inhibitors and cancer therapy: From structures to applications

M Pérez-Salvia, M Esteller - Epigenetics, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Aberrations in the epigenetic landscape are a hallmark of cancer. Alterations in enzymes
that are “writers,”“erasers,” or “readers” of histone modification marks are common …

[HTML][HTML] Genome-wide CRISPR-Cas9 screens expose genetic vulnerabilities and mechanisms of temozolomide sensitivity in glioblastoma stem cells

G MacLeod, DA Bozek, N Rajakulendran, V Monteiro… - Cell reports, 2019 - cell.com
Glioblastoma therapies have remained elusive due to limitations in understanding
mechanisms of growth and survival of the tumorigenic population. Using CRISPR-Cas9 …

[HTML][HTML] Zika virus targets glioblastoma stem cells through a SOX2-integrin αvβ5 axis

Z Zhu, P Mesci, JA Bernatchez, RC Gimple, X Wang… - Cell stem cell, 2020 - cell.com
Zika virus (ZIKV) causes microcephaly by killing neural precursor cells (NPCs) and other
brain cells. ZIKV also displays therapeutic oncolytic activity against glioblastoma (GBM) stem …

EGFR as a target for glioblastoma treatment: an unfulfilled promise

M Westphal, CL Maire, K Lamszus - CNS drugs, 2017 - Springer
The receptor for epidermal growth factor (EGFR) is a prime target for cancer therapy across
a broad variety of tumor types. As it is a tyrosine kinase, small molecule tyrosine kinase …