Drug repositioning in glioblastoma: a pathway perspective

SK Tan, A Jermakowicz, AK Mookhtiar… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most malignant primary adult brain tumor. The current
standard of care is surgical resection, radiation, and chemotherapy treatment, which extends …

Induction of synthetic lethality in IDH1-mutated gliomas through inhibition of Bcl-xL

G Karpel-Massler, CT Ishida, E Bianchetti… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Certain gliomas often harbor a mutation in the activity center of IDH1 (R132H), which leads
to the production of the oncometabolite 2-R-2-hydroxyglutarate (2-HG). In six model …

Activation of dopamine receptor 2 prompts transcriptomic and metabolic plasticity in glioblastoma

SP Caragher, JM Shireman, M Huang… - Journal of …, 2019 - Soc Neuroscience
Glioblastoma (GBM) is one of the most aggressive and lethal tumor types. Evidence
continues to accrue indicating that the complex relationship between GBM and the brain …

Metabolic reprogramming by dual AKT/ERK inhibition through imipridones elicits unique vulnerabilities in glioblastoma

CT Ishida, Y Zhang, E Bianchetti, C Shu… - Clinical Cancer …, 2018 - AACR
Purpose: The goal of this study is to enhance the efficacy of imipridones, a novel class of
AKT/ERK inhibitors that displayed limited therapeutic efficacy against glioblastoma (GBM) …

An alternative pipeline for glioblastoma therapeutics: a systematic review of drug repurposing in glioblastoma

SB Lyne, B Yamini - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Glioblastoma is a devastating malignancy that has continued to prove
resistant to a variety of therapeutics. No new systemic therapy has been approved for use …

[HTML][HTML] The prospective value of dopamine receptors on bio-behavior of tumor

X Wang, ZB Wang, C Luo, XY Mao, X Li, JY Yin… - Journal of …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Dopamine receptors are belong to the family of G protein-coupled receptor. There are five
types of dopamine receptor (DR), including DRD1, DRD2, DRD3, DRD4, and DRD5, which …

[HTML][HTML] Drug repositioning: Using psychotropic drugs for the treatment of glioma

F You, C Zhang, X Liu, D Ji, T Zhang, R Yu, S Gao - Cancer Letters, 2022 - Elsevier
Psychotropic drugs can penetrate the blood–brain barrier and regulate the levels of
neurotransmitters and neuromodulators such as γ-aminobutyric acid, glutamate, serotonin …

Can stopping nerves, stop cancer?

JL Saloman, KM Albers, AD Rhim, BM Davis - Trends in neurosciences, 2016 - cell.com
The nervous system is viewed as a tissue affected by cancer and as a conduit for the
transmission of cancer pain and perineural invasion. Here, we review recent studies that …

Monoamines in glioblastoma: complex biology with therapeutic potential

SP Caragher, RR Hall, R Ahsan, AU Ahmed - Neuro-oncology, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Glioblastoma (GBM) is characterized by extremely poor prognoses, despite the use of gross
surgical resection, alkylating chemotherapeutic agents, and radiotherapy. Evidence …

Current state and future perspective of drug repurposing in malignant glioma

MD Siegelin, E Schneider, MA Westhoff… - Seminars in cancer …, 2021 - Elsevier
Malignant gliomas are still extremely difficult to treat because complete surgical resection is
biologically not feasible due to the invasive nature of these diseases and the proximity of …