Spatial profiling technologies illuminate the tumor microenvironment

O Elhanani, R Ben-Uri, L Keren - Cancer cell, 2023 - cell.com
The tumor microenvironment (TME) is composed of many different cellular and acellular
components that together drive tumor growth, invasion, metastasis, and response to …

Cancer organoids 2.0: modelling the complexity of the tumour immune microenvironment

R Polak, ET Zhang, CJ Kuo - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2024 - nature.com
The development of neoplasia involves a complex and continuous interplay between
malignantly transformed cells and the tumour microenvironment (TME). Cancer …

Glioblastoma heterogeneity at single cell resolution

D Eisenbarth, YA Wang - Oncogene, 2023 - nature.com
Glioblastoma (GBM) is one of the deadliest types of cancer and highly refractory to
chemoradiation and immunotherapy. One of the main reasons for this resistance to therapy …

Targeting the Siglec–sialic acid axis promotes antitumor immune responses in preclinical models of glioblastoma

P Schmassmann, J Roux, A Buck, N Tatari… - Science translational …, 2023 - science.org
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most aggressive form of primary brain tumor, for which effective
therapies are urgently needed. Cancer cells are capable of evading clearance by …

High-throughput identification of repurposable neuroactive drugs with potent anti-glioblastoma activity

S Lee, T Weiss, M Bühler, J Mena, Z Lottenbach… - Nature Medicine, 2024 - nature.com
Glioblastoma, the most aggressive primary brain cancer, has a dismal prognosis, yet
systemic treatment is limited to DNA-alkylating chemotherapies. New therapeutic strategies …

Fcγ receptors and immunomodulatory antibodies in cancer

F Galvez-Cancino, AP Simpson, C Costoya… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
The discovery of both cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated antigen 4 (CTLA4) and
programmed cell death protein 1 (PD1) as negative regulators of antitumour immunity led to …

L-RNA aptamer-based CXCL12 inhibition combined with radiotherapy in newly-diagnosed glioblastoma: dose escalation of the phase I/II GLORIA trial

FA Giordano, JP Layer, S Leonardelli, LL Friker… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The chemokine CXCL12 promotes glioblastoma (GBM) recurrence after radiotherapy (RT)
by facilitating vasculogenesis. Here we report outcomes of the dose-escalation part of …

VISTA immune regulatory effects in bypassing cancer immunotherapy: Updated

K Mortezaee, J Majidpoor, S Najafi - Life sciences, 2022 - Elsevier
Resistance to immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) is a common predicament in cancer
immunotherapy, which requires urgent interventions. V-domain immunoglobulin suppressor …

[HTML][HTML] In situ characterization of the tumor microenvironment

H Sadeghirad, VY Naei, K O'Byrne, ME Warkiani… - Current Opinion in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Highlights•Comprehensive TME characterization is required to understand therapy
resistance and sensitivity to current generations of therapeutics•Spatial profiling has …

Microglia–T cell conversations in brain cancer progression

R Mirzaei, VW Yong - Trends in Molecular Medicine, 2022 - cell.com
The highly immunosuppressive and heterogeneous milieu of brain malignancies contributes
to their dismal prognosis. Regardless of their cellular origin, brain tumors grow in an …