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 …

Gluconeogenesis in cancer: function and regulation of PEPCK, FBPase, and G6Pase

Z Wang, C Dong - Trends in cancer, 2019 - cell.com
Cancer cells display a high rate of glycolysis in the presence of oxygen to promote
proliferation. Gluconeogenesis, the reverse pathway of glycolysis, can antagonize aerobic …

[HTML][HTML] Gluconeogenesis in cancer cells–repurposing of a starvation-induced metabolic pathway?

G Grasmann, E Smolle, H Olschewski… - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2019 - Elsevier
Cancer cells constantly face a fluctuating nutrient supply and interference with adaptive
responses might be an effective therapeutic approach. It has been discovered that in the …

Glycogen metabolism has a key role in the cancer microenvironment and provides new targets for cancer therapy

CE Zois, AL Harris - Journal of molecular medicine, 2016 - Springer
Metabolic reprogramming is a hallmark of cancer cells and contributes to their adaption
within the tumour microenvironment and resistance to anticancer therapies. Recently …

Multiomic screening of invasive GBM cells reveals targetable transsulfuration pathway alterations

JH Garcia, EA Akins, S Jain, KJ Wolf… - The Journal of …, 2024 - Am Soc Clin Investig
While the poor prognosis of glioblastoma arises from the invasion of a subset of tumor cells,
little is known of the metabolic alterations within these cells that fuel invasion. We integrated …

MiR-494 induces metabolic changes through G6pc targeting and modulates sorafenib response in hepatocellular carcinoma

C Bergamini, I Leoni, N Rizzardi, M Melli… - Journal of Experimental …, 2023 - Springer
Background Metabolic reprogramming is a well-known marker of cancer, and it represents
an early event during hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) development. The recent approval of …

Cancer-selective nanoparticles for combinatorial siRNA delivery to primary human GBM in vitro and in vivo

KL Kozielski, A Ruiz-Valls, SY Tzeng… - Biomaterials, 2019 - Elsevier
Novel treatments for glioblastoma (GBM) are urgently needed, particularly those which can
simultaneously target GBM cells' ability to grow and migrate. Herein, we describe a …

The disulfidptosis-related signature predicts prognosis and immune features in glioma patients

X Wang, J Yang, F Yang, K Mu - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Glioma is the most common primary malignant tumor in the central nervous system.
Disulfidptosis is a recently identified programmed cell death in tumor cells overexpressing …

The pro-tumorigenic effects of metabolic alterations in glioblastoma including brain tumor initiating cells

CJ Landis, AN Tran, SE Scott, C Griguer… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2018 - Elsevier
De-regulated cellular energetics is an emerging hallmark of cancer with alterations to
glycolysis, oxidative phosphorylation, the pentose phosphate pathway, lipid oxidation and …

Non-virally engineered human adipose mesenchymal stem cells produce BMP4, target brain tumors, and extend survival

A Mangraviti, SY Tzeng, D Gullotti, KL Kozielski, JE Kim… - Biomaterials, 2016 - Elsevier
There is a need for enabling non-viral nanobiotechnology to allow safe and effective gene
therapy and cell therapy, which can be utilized to treat devastating diseases such as brain …