Recent insights into the microRNA-dependent modulation of gliomas from pathogenesis to diagnosis and treatment

A Mafi, A Rahmati, Z Babaei Aghdam, R Salami… - Cellular & Molecular …, 2022 - Springer
Gliomas are the most lethal primary brain tumors in adults. These highly invasive tumors
have poor 5-year survival for patients. Gliomas are principally characterized by rapid …

Receptor tyrosine kinases as druggable targets in glioblastoma: Do signaling pathways matter?

A Qin, A Musket, PR Musich… - Neuro-oncology …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most malignant primary brain tumor without effective therapies.
Since bevacizumab was FDA approved for targeting vascular endothelial growth factor …

Modeling epigenetic lesions that cause gliomas

GJ Rahme, NM Javed, KL Puorro, S Xin, V Hovestadt… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Epigenetic lesions that disrupt regulatory elements represent potential cancer drivers.
However, we lack experimental models for validating their tumorigenic impact. Here, we …

Evolving cell states and oncogenic drivers during the progression of IDH-mutant gliomas

J Wu, LN Gonzalez Castro, S Battaglia, CA El Farran… - Nature Cancer, 2024 - nature.com
Isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) mutants define a class of gliomas that are initially slow-
growing but inevitably progress to fatal disease. To characterize their malignant cell …

The HIF1α-PDGFD-PDGFRα axis controls glioblastoma growth at normoxia/mild-hypoxia and confers sensitivity to targeted therapy by echinomycin

G Peng, Y Wang, P Ge, C Bailey, P Zhang… - Journal of Experimental …, 2021 - Springer
Background Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), a lethal brain tumor, remains the most daunting
challenge in cancer therapy. Overexpression and constitutive activation of PDGFs and …

EPHA2 mediates PDGFA activity and functions together with PDGFRA as prognostic marker and therapeutic target in glioblastoma

QJ Gai, Z Fu, J He, M Mao, XX Yao, Y Qin… - Signal transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
Platelet-derived growth subunit A (PDGFA) plays critical roles in development of
glioblastoma (GBM) with substantial evidence from TCGA database analyses and in vivo …

[HTML][HTML] Glioblastoma preclinical models: Strengths and weaknesses

V Pasupuleti, L Vora, R Prasad… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2024 - Elsevier
Glioblastoma multiforme is a highly malignant brain tumor with significant intra-and
intertumoral heterogeneity known for its aggressive nature and poor prognosis. The complex …

[HTML][HTML] Expert opinion on translational research for advanced glioblastoma treatment

X Cui, Y Wang, J Zhou, Q Wang… - Cancer Biology & …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Malignant gliomas are known to be one of the most difficult diseases to diagnose and treat
because of the infiltrative growth pattern, rapid progression, and poor prognosis. Many …

[HTML][HTML] PDGF family function and prognostic value in tumor biology

M Bartoschek, K Pietras - Biochemical and Biophysical Research …, 2018 - Elsevier
The development and progression of a tumor depends on the close interaction of malignant
cells and the supportive and suppressive tumor microenvironment. Paracrine signaling …

Activity of immunoproteasome inhibitor ONX-0914 in acute lymphoblastic leukemia expressing MLL–AF4 fusion protein

TW Jenkins, SL Downey-Kopyscinski, JL Fields… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Proteasome inhibitors bortezomib and carfilzomib are approved for the treatment of multiple
myeloma and mantle cell lymphoma and have demonstrated clinical efficacy for the …