Antiangiogenesis strategies revisited: from starving tumors to alleviating hypoxia

RK Jain - Cancer cell, 2014 - cell.com
Ten antiangiogenic drugs targeting VEGF or its receptors are approved for cancer treatment.
However, these agents, intended to block tumors' blood supply, may cause hypoxia, which …

The genetic landscape and possible therapeutics of neurofibromatosis type 2

MA Ghalavand, A Asghari, M Farhadi… - Cancer Cell …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2) is a genetic condition marked by the development
of multiple benign tumors in the nervous system. The most common tumors associated with …

Secreted factors from human vestibular schwannomas can cause cochlear damage

S Dilwali, LD Landegger, VYR Soares, DG Deschler… - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Vestibular schwannomas (VSs) are the most common tumours of the cerebellopontine
angle. Ninety-five percent of people with VS present with sensorineural hearing loss …

New developments in neurofibromatosis type 2 and vestibular schwannoma

Y Ren, DA Chari, S Vasilijic, DB Welling… - Neuro-Oncology …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2) is a rare autosomal dominant disorder
characterized by the development of multiple nervous system tumors due to mutation in the …

Hearing loss and vestibular schwannoma: new insights into Schwann cells implication

T Mohamed, V Melfi, A Colciago, V Magnaghi - Cell Death & Disease, 2023 - nature.com
Hearing loss (HL) is the most common and heterogeneous disorder of the sensory system,
with a large morbidity in the worldwide population. Among cells of the acoustic nerve (VIII …

Sporadic vestibular schwannoma size and location do not correlate with the severity of hearing loss at initial presentation

A Brown, S Early, S Vasilijic, KM Stankovic - Frontiers in oncology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Vestibular schwannoma (VS) is a non-malignant intracranial neoplasm arising from the
vestibular branch of the 8th cranial nerve; sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) is the most …

Biomarkers in vestibular schwannoma–associated hearing loss

L Lassaletta, M Calvino, JM Morales-Puebla… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Vestibular schwannomas (VSs) are benign tumors composed of differentiated neoplastic
Schwann cells. They can be classified into two groups: sporadic VS and those associated …

Extracellular vesicles derived from human vestibular schwannomas associated with poor hearing damage cochlear cells

VYR Soares, NA Atai, T Fujita, S Dilwali… - Neuro …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Background Vestibular schwannoma (VS) is a tumor of the vestibular nerve that transmits
balance information from the inner ear to the brain. Sensorineural hearing loss occurs in …

Current understanding of hearing loss in sporadic vestibular schwannomas: a systematic review

J Gan, Y Zhang, J Wu, D Lei, F Zhang, H Zhao… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Objective Hearing loss is the most common initial symptom in patients with sporadic
vestibular schwannomas (SVS). Hearing preservation is an important goal of both …

Mechanisms of hearing loss in neurofibromatosis type 2

AR Asthagiri, RA Vasquez, JA Butman, T Wu, K Morgan… - 2012 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Patients with neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2) develop bilateral cochleovestibular
schwannomas (CVSs) that cause binaural deafness in most individuals. Hearing loss occurs …