Autophagic and apoptotic pathways as targets for chemotherapy in glioblastoma

C Trejo-Solís, N Serrano-Garcia… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Glioblastoma multiforme is the most malignant and aggressive type of brain tumor, with a
mean life expectancy of less than 15 months. This is due in part to the high resistance to …

Strategies in gene therapy for glioblastoma

A Kwiatkowska, MS Nandhu, P Behera, EA Chiocca… - Cancers, 2013 - mdpi.com
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most aggressive form of brain cancer, with a dismal prognosis
and extremely low percentage of survivors. Novel therapies are in dire need to improve the …

Targeting tumor-associated fibroblasts for therapeutic delivery in desmoplastic tumors

L Miao, Q Liu, CM Lin, C Luo, Y Wang, L Liu, W Yin… - Cancer research, 2017 - AACR
The off-target distribution of anticancer nanoparticles to fibroblasts creates a barrier to the
effective treatment of desmoplastic tumors. However, we hypothesized that this nanoparticle …

Neural stem cell–based anticancer gene therapy: a first-in-human study in recurrent high-grade glioma patients

J Portnow, TW Synold, B Badie, R Tirughana… - Clinical Cancer …, 2017 - AACR
Purpose: Human neural stem cells (NSC) are inherently tumor tropic, making them attractive
drug delivery vehicles. Toward this goal, we retrovirally transduced an immortalized, clonal …

Encapsulated therapeutic stem cells implanted in the tumor resection cavity induce cell death in gliomas

TM Kauer, JL Figueiredo, S Hingtgen, K Shah - Nature neuroscience, 2012 - nature.com
Therapeutically engineered stem cells have shown promise for glioblastoma multiforme
(GBM) therapy; however, key preclinical studies are urgently needed for their clinical …

Therapeutically engineered induced neural stem cells are tumour-homing and inhibit progression of glioblastoma

JR Bagó, A Alfonso-Pecchio, O Okolie… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Transdifferentiation (TD) is a recent advancement in somatic cell reprogramming. The direct
conversion of TD eliminates the pluripotent intermediate state to create cells that are ideal …

Human bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stromal cells expressing S-TRAIL as a cellular delivery vehicle for human glioma therapy

LG Menon, K Kelly, HW Yang, SK Kim, PM Black… - Stem …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Glioblastoma is among the most aggressive and treatment resistant of all human cancers.
Conventional therapeutic approaches are unsuccessful because of diffuse infiltrative …

Tumor-homing cytotoxic human induced neural stem cells for cancer therapy

JR Bagó, O Okolie, R Dumitru, MG Ewend… - Science translational …, 2017 - science.org
Engineered neural stem cells (NSCs) are a promising approach to treating glioblastoma
(GBM). The ideal NSC drug carrier for clinical use should be easily isolated and autologous …

Neural stem cell-based therapies and glioblastoma management: Current evidence and clinical challenges

AY Benmelouka, M Munir, A Sayed, MS Attia… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Gliomas, which account for nearly a quarter of all primary CNS tumors, present significant
contemporary therapeutic challenges, particularly the highest-grade variant (glioblastoma …

Electrospun nanofibrous scaffolds increase the efficacy of stem cell-mediated therapy of surgically resected glioblastoma

JR Bagó, GJ Pegna, O Okolie, M Mohiti-Asli, EG Loboa… - Biomaterials, 2016 - Elsevier
Engineered stem cell (SC)-based therapy holds enormous promise for treating the incurable
brain cancer glioblastoma (GBM). Retaining the cytotoxic SCs in the surgical cavity after …