Balancing lysosome abundance in health and disease

AP Mutvei, MJ Nagiec, J Blenis - Nature cell biology, 2023 - nature.com
Lysosomes are catabolic organelles that govern numerous cellular processes, including
macromolecule degradation, nutrient signalling and ion homeostasis. Aberrant changes in …

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 …

Symbiotic macrophage-glioma cell interactions reveal synthetic lethality in PTEN-null glioma

P Chen, D Zhao, J Li, X Liang, J Li, A Chang, VK Henry… - Cancer cell, 2019 - cell.com
Heterotypic interactions across diverse cell types can enable tumor progression and hold
the potential to expand therapeutic interventions. Here, combined profiling and functional …

Kunitz-type protease inhibitor TFPI2 remodels stemness and immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment in glioblastoma

L Pang, M Dunterman, S Guo, F Khan, Y Liu… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Glioblastoma (GBM) tumors consist of multiple cell populations, including self-renewing
glioblastoma stem cells (GSCs) and immunosuppressive microglia. Here we identified …

Circadian regulator CLOCK promotes tumor angiogenesis in glioblastoma

L Pang, M Dunterman, W Xuan, A Gonzalez, Y Lin… - Cell reports, 2023 - cell.com
Glioblastoma (GBM) is one of the most aggressive tumors in the adult central nervous
system. We previously revealed that circadian regulation of glioma stem cells (GSCs) affects …

Opening of the blood–brain barrier using low-intensity pulsed ultrasound enhances responses to immunotherapy in preclinical glioma models

A Sabbagh, K Beccaria, X Ling, A Marisetty… - Clinical Cancer …, 2021 - aacrjournals.org
Purpose: The blood–brain barrier (BBB) inhibits adequate dosing/penetration of therapeutic
agents to malignancies in the brain. Low-intensity pulsed ultrasound (LIPU) is a safe …

Multiomics analyses reveal DARS1-AS1/YBX1–controlled posttranscriptional circuits promoting glioblastoma tumorigenesis/radioresistance

C Zheng, Y Wei, Q Zhang, M Sun, Y Wang, J Hou… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
The glioblastoma (GBM) stem cell–like cells (GSCs) are critical for tumorigenesis/therapeutic
resistance of GBM. Mounting evidence supports tumor-promoting function of long noncoding …

Glioblastoma stem cells: lessons from the tumor hierarchy in a lethal cancer

RC Gimple, S Bhargava, D Dixit… - Genes & …, 2019 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Glioblastoma ranks among the most lethal of all human cancers. Glioblastomas display
striking cellular heterogeneity, with stem-like glioblastoma stem cells (GSCs) at the apex …

Chitinase-3-like 1 protein complexes modulate macrophage-mediated immune suppression in glioblastoma

A Chen, Y Jiang, Z Li, L Wu, U Santiago, H Zou… - The Journal of clinical …, 2021 - jci.org
Glioblastoma (GBM), the most common and lethal primary brain tumor, with a median
survival rate of only 15 months, remains incurable despite intensive multimodal treatment of …

Emerging links between endosomal pH and cancer

M Ko, A Quiñones-Hinojosa, R Rao - Cancer and Metastasis Reviews, 2020 - Springer
Extracellular acidification is a well-known driver of tumorigenesis that has been extensively
studied. In contrast, the role of endosomal pH is novel and relatively unexplored. There is …