Recurrent glioblastoma: from molecular landscape to new treatment perspectives

C Birzu, P French, M Caccese, G Cerretti, A Idbaih… - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Glioblastoma is the most common and aggressive malignant primary brain
cancer in adults. The prognosis remains poor following standard-of-care treatment with …

Emerging targets in cancer immunotherapy

S Burugu, AR Dancsok, TO Nielsen - Seminars in cancer biology, 2018 - Elsevier
The first generation of immune checkpoint inhibitors (anti-CTLA-4 and anti-PD-1/PD-L1)
targeted natural immune homeostasis pathways, co-opted by cancers, to drive anti-tumor …

EGFR/SRC/ERK-stabilized YTHDF2 promotes cholesterol dysregulation and invasive growth of glioblastoma

R Fang, X Chen, S Zhang, H Shi, Y Ye, H Shi… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common type of adult malignant brain tumor, but its
molecular mechanisms are not well understood. In addition, the knowledge of the disease …

Lysine catabolism reprograms tumour immunity through histone crotonylation

H Yuan, X Wu, Q Wu, A Chatoff, E Megill, J Gao… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Cancer cells rewire metabolism to favour the generation of specialized metabolites that
support tumour growth and reshape the tumour microenvironment,. Lysine functions as a …

Targeting PUS7 suppresses tRNA pseudouridylation and glioblastoma tumorigenesis

Q Cui, K Yin, X Zhang, P Ye, X Chen, J Chao, H Meng… - Nature cancer, 2021 - nature.com
Pseudouridine is the most frequent epitranscriptomic modification. However, its cellular
functions remain largely unknown. Here, we show that pseudouridine synthase 7 (PUS7) is …

Sex differences in GBM revealed by analysis of patient imaging, transcriptome, and survival data

W Yang, NM Warrington, SJ Taylor… - Science translational …, 2019 - science.org
Sex differences in the incidence and outcome of human disease are broadly recognized but,
in most cases, not sufficiently understood to enable sex-specific approaches to treatment …

Mesenchymal differentiation mediated by NF-κB promotes radiation resistance in glioblastoma

KPL Bhat, V Balasubramaniyan, B Vaillant… - Cancer cell, 2013 - cell.com
Despite extensive study, few therapeutic targets have been identified for glioblastoma
(GBM). Here we show that patient-derived glioma sphere cultures (GSCs) that resemble …

The CD47-signal regulatory protein alpha (SIRPa) interaction is a therapeutic target for human solid tumors

SB Willingham, JP Volkmer… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
CD47, a “don't eat me” signal for phagocytic cells, is expressed on the surface of all human
solid tumor cells. Analysis of patient tumor and matched adjacent normal (nontumor) tissue …

Recurrent somatic alterations of FGFR1 and NTRK2 in pilocytic astrocytoma

DTW Jones, B Hutter, N Jäger, A Korshunov, M Kool… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Pilocytic astrocytoma, the most common childhood brain tumor, is typically associated with
mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway alterations. Surgically inaccessible …

Paediatric and adult glioblastoma: multiform (epi) genomic culprits emerge

D Sturm, S Bender, DTW Jones, P Lichter, J Grill… - Nature Reviews …, 2014 - nature.com
We have extended our understanding of the molecular biology that underlies adult
glioblastoma over many years. By contrast, high-grade gliomas in children and adolescents …