A critical overview of targeted therapies for glioblastoma

KK Jain - Frontiers in oncology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Over the past century, treatment of malignant tumors of the brain has remained a challenge.
Refinements in neurosurgical techniques, discovery of powerful chemotherapeutic agents …

MicroRNAs in cancer cell death pathways: Apoptosis and necroptosis

S Shirjang, B Mansoori, S Asghari, PHG Duijf… - Free Radical Biology …, 2019 - Elsevier
To protect tissues and the organism from disease, potentially harmful cells are removed
through programmed cell death processes, including apoptosis and necroptosis. These …

Meningeal lymphatic vessels regulate brain tumor drainage and immunity

X Hu, Q Deng, L Ma, Q Li, Y Chen, Y Liao, F Zhou… - Cell research, 2020 - nature.com
Recent studies have shown that meningeal lymphatic vessels (MLVs), which are located
both dorsally and basally beneath the skull, provide a route for draining macromolecules …

3-[(1S,2S,3R)-2,3-Difluoro-1-hydroxy-7-methylsulfonylindan-4-yl]oxy-5-fluorobenzonitrile (PT2977), a Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 2α (HIF-2α) Inhibitor for the …

R Xu, K Wang, JP Rizzi, H Huang, JA Grina… - 2019 - ACS Publications
The hypoxia-inducible factor 2α (HIF-2α) is a key oncogenic driver in clear cell renal cell
carcinoma (ccRCC). Our first HIF-2α inhibitor PT2385 demonstrated promising proof of …

[HTML][HTML] Hypoxia enhances migration and invasion in glioblastoma by promoting a mesenchymal shift mediated by the HIF1α–ZEB1 axis

JV Joseph, S Conroy, K Pavlov, P Sontakke, T Tomar… - Cancer letters, 2015 - Elsevier
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common brain tumor in adults and the mesenchymal GBM
subtype was reported to be the most malignant, presenting severe hypoxia and necrosis …

Long non-coding RNA CCAT1 promotes gallbladder cancer development via negative modulation of miRNA-218-5p

MZ Ma, BF Chu, Y Zhang, MZ Weng, YY Qin… - Cell death & …, 2015 - nature.com
Protein-coding genes account for only~ 2% of the human genome, whereas the vast majority
of transcripts are non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) including long ncRNAs (lncRNAs). A growing …

Glioblastoma cancer stem cell biology: Potential theranostic targets

F Sharifzad, S Ghavami, J Verdi, S Mardpour… - Drug Resistance …, 2019 - Elsevier
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is among the most incurable cancers. GBMs survival rate
has not markedly improved, despite new radical surgery protocols, the introduction of new …

Cancer stem cells: targeting the roots of cancer, seeds of metastasis, and sources of therapy resistance

V Adorno-Cruz, G Kibria, X Liu, M Doherty, DJ Junk… - Cancer research, 2015 - AACR
With the goal to remove the roots of cancer, eliminate metastatic seeds, and overcome
therapy resistance, the 2014 inaugural International Cancer Stem Cell (CSC) Conference at …

MicroRNAs in glioblastoma multiforme pathogenesis and therapeutics

A Shea, V Harish, Z Afzal, J Chijioke, H Kedir… - Cancer …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most common and lethal cancer of the adult brain,
remaining incurable with a median survival time of only 15 months. In an effort to identify …

Cancer hallmarks and microRNAs: the therapeutic connection

K Van Roosbroeck, GA Calin - Advances in cancer research, 2017 - Elsevier
Human cancers are characterized by a number of hallmarks, including sustained
proliferative signaling, evasion of growth suppressors, activated invasion and metastasis …