Nanomedicine for brain cancer

S Quader, K Kataoka, H Cabral - Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
CNS tumors remain among the deadliest forms of cancer, resisting conventional and new
treatment approaches, with mortality rates staying practically unchanged over the past 30 …

Circular RNA-encoded oncogenic E-cadherin variant promotes glioblastoma tumorigenicity through activation of EGFR–STAT3 signalling

X Gao, X Xia, F Li, M Zhang, H Zhou, X Wu, J Zhong… - Nature cell …, 2021 - nature.com
Activated EGFR signalling drives tumorigenicity in 50% of glioblastoma (GBM). However,
EGFR-targeting therapy has proven ineffective in treating patients with GBM, indicating that …

[HTML][HTML] Glioma stem cells as immunotherapeutic targets: advancements and challenges

K Piper, L DePledge, M Karsy, C Cobbs - Frontiers in Oncology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Glioblastoma is the most common and lethal primary brain malignancy. Despite major
investments in research into glioblastoma biology and drug development, treatment remains …

Multi-omics immune interaction networks in lung cancer tumorigenesis, proliferation, and survival

Q Ye, J Hickey, K Summers, B Falatovich… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
There are currently no effective biomarkers for prognosis and optimal treatment selection to
improve non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) survival outcomes. This study further validated …

[HTML][HTML] SPI1-mediated MIR222HG transcription promotes proneural-to-mesenchymal transition of glioma stem cells and immunosuppressive polarization of …

Y Fan, Z Gao, J Xu, H Wang, Q Guo, B Li, M Li, H Xu… - Theranostics, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Glioma stem cells (GSCs) are a key factor in glioblastoma (GBM) development
and treatment resistance. GSCs can be divided into the mesenchymal (MES) and proneural …

Small extracellular vesicles promote invadopodia activity in glioblastoma cells in a therapy-dependent manner

CA Whitehead, H Fang, H Su, AP Morokoff, AH Kaye… - Cellular Oncology, 2023 - Springer
Purpose The therapeutic efficacy of radiotherapy/temozolomide treatment for glioblastoma
(GBM) is limited by the augmented invasiveness mediated by invadopodia activity of …

Distinct cell adhesion signature defines glioblastoma myeloid-derived suppressor cell subsets

D Bayik, CF Bartels, K Lovrenert, DC Watson, D Zhang… - Cancer research, 2022 - AACR
In multiple types of cancer, an increased frequency in myeloid-derived suppressor cells
(MDSC) is associated with worse outcomes and poor therapeutic response. In the …

Endothelial, pericyte and tumor cell expression in glioblastoma identifies fibroblast activation protein (FAP) as an excellent target for immunotherapy

LM Ebert, W Yu, T Gargett, J Toubia… - Clinical & …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Targeted immunotherapies such as chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)‐T cells are
emerging as attractive treatment options for glioblastoma, but rely on identification of a …

LGR6 activates the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway and forms a β-catenin/TCF7L2/LGR6 feedback loop in LGR6high cervical cancer stem cells

Q Feng, S Li, HM Ma, WT Yang, PS Zheng - Oncogene, 2021 - nature.com
The leucine-rich repeat-containing G-protein-coupled receptor 6 (LGR6) is considered to be
a stem cell marker in many normal tissues and promotes tissue development, regeneration …

Glycomaterials to investigate the functional role of aberrant glycosylation in Glioblastoma

C Tondepu, L Karumbaiah - Advanced healthcare materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Glioblastoma (GBM) is a stage IV astrocytoma that carries a dismal survival rate of≈ 10
months postdiagnosis and treatment. The highly invasive capacity of GBM and its ability to …