Extracellular vesicles in cancer: cell-to-cell mediators of metastasis

A Becker, BK Thakur, JM Weiss, HS Kim, H Peinado… - Cancer cell, 2016 - cell.com
Tumor-secreted extracellular vesicles (EVs) are critical mediators of intercellular
communication between tumor cells and stromal cells in local and distant …

An overview of EGFR mechanisms and their implications in targeted therapies for glioblastoma

SMB Rodriguez, A Kamel, GV Ciubotaru… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Despite all of the progress in understanding its molecular biology and pathogenesis,
glioblastoma (GBM) is one of the most aggressive types of cancers, and without an efficient …

Glioblastoma: pathology, molecular mechanisms and markers

K Aldape, G Zadeh, S Mansouri, G Reifenberger… - Acta …, 2015 - Springer
Recent advances in genomic technology have led to a better understanding of key
molecular alterations that underlie glioblastoma (GBM). The current WHO-based …

[HTML][HTML] Exosomes and extracellular vesicles: Rethinking the essential values in cancer biology

A Yokoi, T Ochiya - Seminars in cancer biology, 2021 - Elsevier
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) such as exosomes are released by all living cells and contain
diverse bioactive molecules, including nucleic acids, proteins, lipids, and metabolites …

Diagnostic and therapeutic biomarkers in glioblastoma: current status and future perspectives

W Szopa, TA Burley, G Kramer-Marek… - BioMed research …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Glioblastoma (GBM) is a primary neuroepithelial tumor of the central nervous system,
characterized by an extremely aggressive clinical phenotype. Patients with GBM have a …

Characterization of RNA from exosomes and other extracellular vesicles isolated by a novel spin column-based method

D Enderle, A Spiel, CM Coticchia, E Berghoff… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Exosomes and other extracellular vesicles (commonly referred to as EVs) have generated a
lot of attention for their potential applications in both diagnostics and therapeutics. The …

Rethink of EGFR in cancer with its kinase independent function on board

R Thomas, Z Weihua - Frontiers in oncology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is one of most potent oncogenes that are
commonly altered in cancers. As a receptor tyrosine kinase, EGFR's kinase activity has been …

Glioblastoma microvesicles transport RNA and proteins that promote tumour growth and provide diagnostic biomarkers

J Skog, T Würdinger, S Van Rijn, DH Meijer… - Nature cell …, 2008 - nature.com
Glioblastoma tumour cells release microvesicles (exosomes) containing mRNA, miRNA and
angiogenic proteins. These microvesicles are taken up by normal host cells, such as brain …

A phase II, multicenter trial of rindopepimut (CDX-110) in newly diagnosed glioblastoma: the ACT III study

J Schuster, RK Lai, LD Recht, DA Reardon… - Neuro …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Background The epidermal growth factor receptor variant III deletion mutation, EGFRvIII, is
expressed in∼ 30% of primary glioblastoma and linked to poor long-term survival …

Malignant gliomas in adults

PY Wen, S Kesari - New England Journal of Medicine, 2008 - Mass Medical Soc
Malignant gliomas, the most common type of primary brain tumor in adults, are associated
with disproportionate cancer-related morbidity and mortality. Recently, there have been …