Brain cancer stem cells: resilience through adaptive plasticity and hierarchical heterogeneity

RC Gimple, K Yang, ME Halbert, S Agnihotri… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Malignant brain tumours are complex ecosystems containing neoplastic and stromal
components that generate adaptive and evolutionarily driven aberrant tissues in the central …

Cancer cell heterogeneity & plasticity in glioblastoma and brain tumors

A Lauko, A Lo, MS Ahluwalia, JD Lathia - Seminars in cancer biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Brain tumors remain one of the most difficult tumors to treat and, depending on the
diagnosis, have a poor prognosis. Of brain tumors, glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common …

Nanotherapeutic treatment of the invasive glioblastoma tumor microenvironment

N Pandey, P Anastasiadis, CP Carney… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2022 - Elsevier
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common malignant adult brain cancer with no curative
treatment strategy. A significant hurdle in GBM treatment is effective therapeutic delivery to …

Glioblastoma microenvironment and cellular interactions

CB Crivii, AB Boșca, CS Melincovici, AM Constantin… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary This paper summarizes the crosstalk between tumor/non-tumor cells and
other elements of the glioblastoma (GB) microenvironment. In tumor pathology, glial cells …

B2M overexpression correlates with malignancy and immune signatures in human gliomas

H Zhang, B Cui, Y Zhou, X Wang, W Wu, Z Wang… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Because of the limited treatment strategy of gliomas, the key of diagnosis and treatment is
finding new molecular biomarkers. Here, we explored the potential of β2-microglobulin …

Superenhancer activation of KLHDC8A drives glioma ciliation and hedgehog signaling

D Lee, RC Gimple, X Wu, BC Prager, Z Qiu, Q Wu… - The Journal of Clinical …, 2023 - jci.org
Glioblastoma ranks among the most aggressive and lethal of all human cancers. Self-
renewing, highly tumorigenic glioblastoma stem cells (GSCs) contribute to therapeutic …

The evolution of tumor microenvironment in gliomas and its implication for target therapy

Y Hu, Z Li, Y Zhang, Y Wu, Z Liu, J Zeng… - International …, 2023 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Gliomas develop in unique and complicated environments that nourish tumor cells. The
tumor microenvironment (TME) of gliomas comprises heterogeneous cells, including brain …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding glioblastoma signaling, heterogeneity, invasiveness, and drug delivery barriers

N Rabah, FE Ait Mohand… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The most prevalent and aggressive type of brain cancer, namely, glioblastoma (GBM), is
characterized by intra-and inter-tumor heterogeneity and strong spreading capacity, which …

Extracellular vesicle-mediated bilateral communication between glioblastoma and astrocytes

L Nieland, LM Morsett, MLD Broekman… - Trends in …, 2021 - cell.com
Glioblastoma the most aggressive form of brain cancer, comprises a complex mixture of
tumor cells and nonmalignant stromal cells, including neurons, astrocytes, microglia …

[HTML][HTML] Key role of astrocytes in postnatal brain and retinal angiogenesis

M Puebla, PJ Tapia, H Espinoza - International Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Angiogenesis is a key process in various physiological and pathological conditions in the
nervous system and in the retina during postnatal life. Although an increasing number of …