Macrophages and microglia: the cerberus of glioblastoma

A Buonfiglioli, D Hambardzumyan - Acta neuropathologica …, 2021 - Springer
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most aggressive and deadliest of the primary brain tumors,
characterized by malignant growth, invasion into the brain parenchyma, and resistance to …

Bidirectional microglia–neuron communication in health and disease

Z Szepesi, O Manouchehrian, S Bachiller… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Microglia are ramified cells that exhibit highly motile processes, which continuously survey
the brain parenchyma and react to any insult to the CNS homeostasis. Although microglia …

The role of microglia and macrophages in glioma maintenance and progression

D Hambardzumyan, DH Gutmann… - Nature neuroscience, 2016 - nature.com
There is a growing recognition that gliomas are complex tumors composed of neoplastic and
non-neoplastic cells, which each individually contribute to cancer formation, progression …

Exosome-based nanoimmunotherapy targeting TAMs, a promising strategy for glioma

H Luo, H Zhang, J Mao, H Cao, Y Tao, G Zhao… - Cell Death & …, 2023 - nature.com
Exosomes, the cell-derived small extracellular vehicles, play a vital role in intracellular
communication by reciprocally transporting DNA, RNA, bioactive protein, chains of glucose …

[HTML][HTML] Tumor-associated microglia and macrophages in the glioblastoma microenvironment and their implications for therapy

RS Andersen, A Anand, DSL Harwood, BW Kristensen - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Patients with glioblastoma—the most frequent and malignant primary brain
tumor—have a poor prognosis with a median survival of less than 15 months. Despite …

Immune biology of glioma-associated macrophages and microglia: functional and therapeutic implications

J Wei, P Chen, P Gupta, M Ott, D Zamler… - Neuro …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
CNS immune defenses are marshaled and dominated by brain resident macrophages and
microglia, which are the innate immune sentinels and frontline host immune barriers against …

Vascular niche IL-6 induces alternative macrophage activation in glioblastoma through HIF-2α

Q Wang, Z He, M Huang, T Liu, Y Wang, H Xu… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Spatiotemporal regulation of tumor immunity remains largely unexplored. Here we identify a
vascular niche that controls alternative macrophage activation in glioblastoma (GBM). We …

Glioma-associated microglia/macrophages (GAMs) in glioblastoma: Immune function in the tumor microenvironment and implications for immunotherapy

C Lin, N Wang, C Xu - Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Glioma is a mixed solid tumor composed of neoplastic and non-neoplastic components.
Glioma-associated macrophages and microglia (GAMs) are crucial elements of the glioma …

[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 …

Microglia/astrocytes–glioblastoma crosstalk: crucial molecular mechanisms and microenvironmental factors

D Matias, J Balça-Silva, GC da Graça… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
In recent years, the functions of glial cells, namely, astrocytes and microglia, have gained
prominence in several diseases of the central nervous system, especially in glioblastoma …