Challenges in glioblastoma research: focus on the tumor microenvironment

A Bikfalvi, CA da Costa, T Avril, JV Barnier, L Bauchet… - Trends in cancer, 2023 - cell.com
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most deadly type of malignant brain tumor, despite extensive
molecular analyses of GBM cells. In recent years, the tumor microenvironment (TME) has …

Diffuse glioma heterogeneity and its therapeutic implications

JG Nicholson, HA Fine - Cancer discovery, 2021 - AACR
Diffuse gliomas represent a heterogeneous group of universally lethal brain tumors
characterized by minimally effective genotype-targeted therapies. Recent advances have …

Cancer cell heterogeneity and plasticity: A paradigm shift in glioblastoma

YA Yabo, SP Niclou, A Golebiewska - Neuro-oncology, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Phenotypic plasticity has emerged as a major contributor to intra-tumoral heterogeneity and
treatment resistance in cancer. Increasing evidence shows that glioblastoma (GBM) cells …

A nanotherapeutic strategy to overcome chemotherapeutic resistance of cancer stem-like cells

S Shen, X Xu, S Lin, Y Zhang, H Liu, C Zhang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Tumour heterogeneity remains a major challenge in cancer therapy owing to the different
susceptibility of cells to chemotherapy within a solid tumour. Cancer stem-like cells (CSCs) …

Cancer stem cells: advances in knowledge and implications for cancer therapy

X Chu, W Tian, J Ning, G Xiao, Y Zhou… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2024 - nature.com
Cancer stem cells (CSCs), a small subset of cells in tumors that are characterized by self-
renewal and continuous proliferation, lead to tumorigenesis, metastasis, and maintain tumor …

Brain cancer stem cells: resilience through adaptive plasticity and hierarchical heterogeneity

RC Gimple, K Yang, ME Halbert, S Agnihotri… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Malignant brain tumours are complex ecosystems containing neoplastic and stromal
components that generate adaptive and evolutionarily driven aberrant tissues in the central …

The cancer stem cell niche: how essential is the niche in regulating stemness of tumor cells?

V Plaks, N Kong, Z Werb - Cell stem cell, 2015 - cell.com
Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are tumor cells that have the principal properties of self-renewal,
clonal tumor initiation capacity, and clonal long-term repopulation potential. CSCs reside in …

The glioma stem cell model in the era of single-cell genomics

ML Suva, I Tirosh - Cancer cell, 2020 - cell.com
Glioma stem cells (GSCs) are thought to underlie glioma initiation, evolution, and resistance
to existing therapies. Although functional evidence for GSCs is abundant, tumor …

Potential strategies overcoming the temozolomide resistance for glioblastoma

S Jiapaer, T Furuta, S Tanaka, T Kitabayashi… - Neurologia medico …, 2018 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Glioblastoma (GBM) is a highly malignant type of primary brain tumor with a high mortality
rate. Although the current standard therapy consists of surgery followed by radiation and …

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 …