Therapeutic targeting of the hypoxic tumour microenvironment

DC Singleton, A Macann, WR Wilson - Nature reviews Clinical oncology, 2021 - nature.com
Hypoxia is prevalent in human tumours and contributes to microenvironments that shape
cancer evolution and adversely affect therapeutic outcomes. Historically, two different …

CXCL12-CXCR4/CXCR7 axis in cancer: from mechanisms to clinical applications

Y Yang, J Li, W Lei, H Wang, Y Ni, Y Liu… - … journal of biological …, 2023 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cancer is a multi-step disease caused by the accumulation of genetic mutations and/or
epigenetic changes, and is the biggest challenge around the world. Cytokines, including …

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 …

The promise of targeting macrophages in cancer therapy

JM Brown, L Recht, S Strober - Clinical Cancer Research, 2017 - aacrjournals.org
Cancer therapy has developed around the concept of killing, or stop** the growth of, the
cancer cells. Molecularly targeted therapy is the modern expression of this paradigm …

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 …

Myeloid cells in glioblastoma microenvironment

A De Leo, A Ugolini, F Veglia - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most aggressive, malignant primary brain tumor in adults. GBM is
notoriously resistant to immunotherapy mainly due to its unique immune microenvironment …

[HTML][HTML] Immune microenvironment of gliomas

A Gieryng, D Pszczolkowska, KA Walentynowicz… - Laboratory …, 2017 - Elsevier
High-grade gliomas are rapidly progressing tumors of the central nervous system (CNS) with
a very poor prognosis despite extensive resection combined with radiation and/or …

CXCL12 modulation of CXCR4 and CXCR7 activity in human glioblastoma stem-like cells and regulation of the tumor microenvironment

R Würth, A Bajetto, JK Harrison, F Barbieri… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Chemokines are crucial autocrine and paracrine players in tumor development. In particular,
CXCL12, through its receptors CXCR4 and CXCR7, affects tumor progression by controlling …

[HTML][HTML] The role of cytokines and chemokines in sha** the immune microenvironment of glioblastoma: implications for immunotherapy

ECF Yeo, MP Brown, T Gargett, LM Ebert - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Glioblastoma is the most common form of primary brain tumour in adults. For more than a
decade, conventional treatment has produced a relatively modest improvement in the …

Radiation effects on the tumor microenvironment: Implications for nanomedicine delivery

S Stapleton, D Jaffray, M Milosevic - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
The tumor microenvironment has an important influence on cancer biological and clinical
behavior and radiation treatment (RT) response. However, RT also influences the tumor …