Delivering therapeutics to glioblastoma: overcoming biological constraints

EN Mathew, BC Berry, HW Yang, RS Carroll… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Glioblastoma multiforme is the most lethal intrinsic brain tumor. Even with the existing
treatment regimen of surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy, the median survival time is only …

Recent advances towards overcoming the blood–brain barrier

A Ali, MS Arshad, MA Khan, MW Chang, Z Ahmad - Drug Discovery Today, 2023 - Elsevier
The blood–brain barrier (BBB) is a protective element of the neurovascular unit (NVU)
surrounded by astrocytes, pericytes, extracellular matrix, and the tight junctional complex …

Immunotherapy of malignant glioma by noninvasive administration of TLR9 agonist CpG nano‐immunoadjuvant

J Wei, D Wu, S Zhao, Y Shao, Y Xia, D Ni… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Immunotherapy with toll like receptor 9 (TLR9) agonist CpG ODN offers an emergent
strategy to treat life‐threatening malignant glioma. CpG is typically applied invasively by …

Advantageous reactivity of unstable metal complexes: Potential applications of metal-based anticancer drugs for intratumoral injections

A Levina, DC Crans, PA Lay - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Injections of highly cytotoxic or immunomodulating drugs directly into the inoperable tumor is
a procedure that is increasingly applied in the clinic and uses established Pt-based drugs. It …

Aberrant L-fucose accumulation and increased core fucosylation are metabolic liabilities in mesenchymal glioblastoma

V Pieri, AL Gallotti, D Drago, M Cominelli, I Pagano… - Cancer Research, 2023 - AACR
Glioblastoma (GBM) is a common and deadly form of brain tumor in adults. Dysregulated
metabolism in GBM offers an opportunity to deploy metabolic interventions as precise …

[HTML][HTML] Research progress of anti-glioma chemotherapeutic drugs

YS Zhou, W Wang, N Chen, LC Wang… - Oncology …, 2022 - spandidos-publications.com
Glioma is the most common primary intracranial malignancy in the central nervous system.
At present, the most important treatment option is surgical resection of the tumor combined …

Anatomical targeting of anticancer drugs to solid tumors using specific administration routes

A Saito, J Kitayama, R Nagai, K Aizawa - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Despite remarkable recent progress in developing anti-cancer agents, outcomes of patients
with solid tumors remain unsatisfactory. In general, anti-cancer drugs are systemically …

[HTML][HTML] Current status and advances to improving drug delivery in diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma

LM Arms, RJ Duchatel, ER Jackson… - Journal of Controlled …, 2024 - Elsevier
Diffuse midline glioma (DMG), including tumors diagnosed in the brainstem (diffuse intrinsic
pontine glioma-DIPG), is the primary cause of brain tumor-related death in pediatric patients …

Nanosystems at Nexus: Navigating Nose-to-Brain Delivery for Glioblastoma Treatment

TG Agnihotri, A Dahifale, SS Gomte, B Rout… - Molecular …, 2025 - ACS Publications
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is considered to be one of the most devastating brain tumors
with a shorter life expectancy. Several factors contribute to the dismal prognosis of GBM …

Bystander effects, pharmacokinetics, and linker-payload stability of EGFR-targeting antibody-drug conjugates Losatuxizumab vedotin and Depatux-M in glioblastoma …

S Jain, JI Griffith, KA Porath, S Rathi, J Le, TI Pasa… - Clinical Cancer …, 2024 - AACR
Purpose: Antibody-drug conjugates (ADC) are targeted therapies with robust efficacy in solid
cancers, and there is intense interest in using EGFR-specific ADCs to target EGFR-amplified …