Hypoxia: the cornerstone of glioblastoma

M Domènech, A Hernández, A Plaja… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Glioblastoma is the most aggressive form of brain tumor in adults and is characterized by the
presence of hypervascularization and necrosis, both caused by a hypoxic …

Role of glioblastoma stem cells in cancer therapeutic resistance: A perspective on antineoplastic agents from natural sources and chemical derivatives

ALV Alves, INF Gomes, AC Carloni, MN Rosa… - Stem Cell Research & …, 2021 - Springer
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the highest-grade form of glioma, as well as one of the most
aggressive types of cancer, exhibiting rapid cellular growth and highly invasive behavior …

Beyond adiponectin and leptin: adipose tissue-derived mediators of inter-organ communication

JB Funcke, PE Scherer - Journal of lipid research, 2019 - ASBMB
The breakthrough discoveries of leptin and adiponectin more than two decades ago led to a
widespread recognition of adipose tissue as an endocrine organ. Many more adipose tissue …

MGMT testing—the challenges for biomarker-based glioma treatment

W Wick, M Weller, M Van Den Bent, M Sanson… - Nature Reviews …, 2014 - nature.com
Many patients with malignant gliomas do not respond to alkylating agent chemotherapy.
Alkylator resistance of glioma cells is mainly mediated by the DNA repair enzyme O 6 …

Glioblastoma and chemoresistance to alkylating agents: Involvement of apoptosis, autophagy, and unfolded protein response

S Hombach-Klonisch, M Mehrpour, S Shojaei… - Pharmacology & …, 2018 - Elsevier
Despite advances in neurosurgical techniques and radio-/chemotherapy, the treatment of
brain tumors remains a challenge. This is particularly true for the most frequent and fatal …

The dual role of bone morphogenetic proteins in cancer

DH Bach, HJ Park, SK Lee - Molecular Therapy-Oncolytics, 2018 - cell.com
Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) are a diverse class of molecules with over 20 growth
factor proteins that belong to the transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) family and are highly …

Targeting cancer stem cells to suppress acquired chemotherapy resistance

SJ Vidal, V Rodriguez-Bravo, M Galsky… - Oncogene, 2014 - nature.com
Acquired resistance has curtailed cancer survival since the dawn of the chemotherapy age
more than half a century ago. Although the application of stem cell (SC) concepts to cancer …

Conversion of differentiated cancer cells into cancer stem-like cells in a glioblastoma model after primary chemotherapy

B Auffinger, AL Tobias, Y Han, G Lee, D Guo… - Cell Death & …, 2014 - nature.com
Glioblastoma multiforme patients have a poor prognosis due to therapeutic resistance and
tumor relapse. It has been suggested that gliomas are driven by a rare subset of tumor cells …

Glioma stem cells: signaling, microenvironment, and therapy

BD Liebelt, T Shingu, X Zhou, J Ren… - Stem cells …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Glioblastoma remains the most common and devastating primary brain tumor despite
maximal therapy with surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation. The glioma stem cell (GSC) …

Nuclear GSK3β promotes tumorigenesis by phosphorylating KDM1A and inducing its deubiquitylation by USP22

A Zhou, K Lin, S Zhang, Y Chen, N Zhang, J Xue… - Nature cell …, 2016 - nature.com
Emerging evidence has shown that GSK3β plays oncogenic roles in multiple tumour types;
however, the underlying mechanisms remain largely unknown. Here, we show that nuclear …