Tumor-associated microglia and macrophages in glioblastoma: From basic insights to therapeutic opportunities

G Wang, K Zhong, Z Wang, Z Zhang, X Tang… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common and malignant primary brain tumor in adults.
Currently, the standard treatment of glioblastoma includes surgery, radiotherapy, and …

Understanding the glioblastoma immune microenvironment as basis for the development of new immunotherapeutic strategies

AR Pombo Antunes, I Scheyltjens, J Duerinck, B Neyns… - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
Cancer immunotherapy by immune checkpoint blockade has proven its great potential by
saving the lives of a proportion of late stage patients with immunogenic tumor types …

Control of tumor-associated macrophages and T cells in glioblastoma via AHR and CD39

MC Takenaka, G Gabriely, V Rothhammer… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) play an important role in the immune response to
cancer, but the mechanisms by which the tumor microenvironment controls TAMs and T cell …

CCL2 produced by the glioma microenvironment is essential for the recruitment of regulatory T cells and myeloid-derived suppressor cells

AL Chang, J Miska, DA Wainwright, M Dey, CV Rivetta… - Cancer research, 2016 - AACR
In many aggressive cancers, such as glioblastoma multiforme, progression is enabled by
local immunosuppression driven by the accumulation of regulatory T cells (Treg) and …

Temozolomide for immunomodulation in the treatment of glioblastoma

A Karachi, F Dastmalchi, DA Mitchell… - Neuro …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Temozolomide is the most widely used chemotherapy for patients with glioblastoma (GBM)
despite the fact that approximately half of treated patients have temozolomide resistance …

Dendritic cell vaccination of glioblastoma: road to success or dead end

A Datsi, RV Sorg - Frontiers in Immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Glioblastomas (GBM) are the most frequent and aggressive malignant primary brain tumor
and remains a therapeutic challenge: even after multimodal therapy, median survival of …

Dendritic cell vaccines based on immunogenic cell death elicit danger signals and T cell–driven rejection of high-grade glioma

AD Garg, L Vandenberk, C Koks… - Science translational …, 2016 - science.org
The promise of dendritic cell (DC)–based immunotherapy has been established by two
decades of translational research. Of the four malignancies most targeted with clinical DC …

Immunosuppressive mechanisms of malignant gliomas: parallels at non-CNS sites

P Perng, M Lim - Frontiers in oncology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
The central nervous system (CNS) possesses powerful local and global immunosuppressive
capabilities that modulate unwanted inflammatory reactions in nervous tissue. These same …

Immunophenotyping of newly diagnosed and recurrent glioblastoma defines distinct immune exhaustion profiles in peripheral and tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes

M Mohme, S Schliffke, CL Maire, A Rünger, L Glau… - Clinical Cancer …, 2018 - AACR
Purpose: Immunotherapeutic treatment strategies for glioblastoma (GBM) are under
investigation in clinical trials. However, our understanding of the immune phenotype of GBM …

Human Mesenchymal glioblastomas are characterized by an increased immune cell presence compared to Proneural and Classical tumors

I Kaffes, F Szulzewsky, Z Chen, CJ Herting… - …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most aggressive malignant primary brain tumor in adults, with a
median survival of 14.6 months. Recent efforts have focused on identifying clinically relevant …