Hallmarks of cancer stemness

JJ Loh, S Ma - Cell Stem Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Cancer stemness is recognized as a key component of tumor development. Previously
coined" cancer stem cells"(CSCs) and believed to be a rare population with rigid …

Immunotherapy for glioblastoma: Current state, challenges, and future perspectives

Y Liu, F Zhou, H Ali, JD Lathia, P Chen - Cellular & Molecular …, 2024 - nature.com
Glioblastoma (GBM) is an aggressive and lethal type of brain tumor in human adults. The
standard of care offers minimal clinical benefit, and most GBM patients experience tumor …

Lactate dehydrogenase A regulates tumor-macrophage symbiosis to promote glioblastoma progression

F Khan, Y Lin, H Ali, L Pang, M Dunterman… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Abundant macrophage infiltration and altered tumor metabolism are two key hallmarks of
glioblastoma. By screening a cluster of metabolic small-molecule compounds, we show that …

Stimulation of tumoricidal immunity via bacteriotherapy inhibits glioblastoma relapse

Y Zhang, K **, Z Fu, Y Zhang, B Cheng, F Feng… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is a highly aggressive brain tumor characterized by invasive
behavior and a compromised immune response, presenting treatment challenges. Surgical …

Targeting the immune privilege of tumor-initiating cells to enhance cancer immunotherapy

C Yang, H Geng, X Yang, S Ji, Z Liu, H Feng, Q Li… - Cancer Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Tumor-initiating cells (TICs) possess the ability to evade anti-tumor immunity, potentially
explaining many failures of cancer immunotherapy. Here, we identify CD49f as a prominent …

Epigenetic regulation of tumor-immune symbiosis in glioma

Y Liu, H Ali, F Khan, L Pang, P Chen - Trends in Molecular Medicine, 2024 - cell.com
Glioma is a type of aggressive and incurable brain tumor. Patients with glioma are highly
resistant to all types of therapies, including immunotherapies. Epigenetic reprogramming is …

Hypoxia within the glioblastoma tumor microenvironment: a master saboteur of novel treatments

L Feldman - Frontiers in Immunology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Glioblastoma (GBM) tumors are the most aggressive primary brain tumors in adults that,
despite maximum treatment, carry a dismal prognosis. GBM tumors exhibit tissue hypoxia …

Dual targeting macrophages and microglia is a therapeutic vulnerability in models of PTEN-deficient glioblastoma

Y Liu, J Wu, H Najem, Y Lin, L Pang, F Khan… - The Journal of Clinical …, 2024 - jci.org
Tumor-associated macrophages and microglia (TAMs) are critical for tumor progression and
therapy resistance in glioblastoma (GBM), a type of incurable brain cancer. We previously …

The dual role of POSTN in maintaining glioblastoma stem cells and the immunosuppressive phenotype of microglia in glioblastoma

H Wang, L Yao, J Chen, Y Li, Z Su, Y Liu, W Li… - Journal of Experimental …, 2024 - Springer
Background Glioblastoma (GBM) is an immunosuppressive, universally lethal cancer driven
by glioblastoma stem cells (GSCs). The interplay between GSCs and immunosuppressive …

Advancing precision medicine in gliomas through single-cell sequencing: unveiling the complex tumor microenvironment

J Li, Y Zhang, C Liang, X Yan, X Hui… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Glioblastoma (GBM) displays an infiltrative growth characteristic that recruits neighboring
normal cells to facilitate tumor growth, maintenance, and invasion into the brain. While the …