The blood–brain barrier and blood–tumour barrier in brain tumours and metastases

CD Arvanitis, GB Ferraro, RK Jain - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2020 - nature.com
For a blood-borne cancer therapeutic agent to be effective, it must cross the blood vessel
wall to reach cancer cells in adequate quantities, and it must overcome the resistance …

Basic and therapeutic aspects of angiogenesis updated

G Eelen, L Treps, X Li, P Carmeliet - Circulation research, 2020 - ahajournals.org
All organisms growing beyond the oxygen diffusion limit critically depend on a functional
vasculature for survival. Yet blood vessels are far more than passive, uniform conduits for …

microRNAs biogenesis, functions and role in tumor angiogenesis

T Annese, R Tamma, M De Giorgis, D Ribatti - Frontiers in oncology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
microRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNA molecules, evolutionary conserved. They
target more than one mRNAs, thus influencing multiple molecular pathways, but also …

[HTML][HTML] An updated review on EPR-based solid tumor targeting nanocarriers for cancer treatment

M Sharifi, WC Cho, A Ansariesfahani, R Tarharoudi… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary One of the important efforts in the treatment of cancers is to achieve
targeted drug delivery by nanocarriers to be more effective and reduce adverse effects …

[HTML][HTML] Gluconeogenesis in cancer cells–repurposing of a starvation-induced metabolic pathway?

G Grasmann, E Smolle, H Olschewski… - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2019 - Elsevier
Cancer cells constantly face a fluctuating nutrient supply and interference with adaptive
responses might be an effective therapeutic approach. It has been discovered that in the …

Combining microenvironment normalization strategies to improve cancer immunotherapy

F Mpekris, C Voutouri, JW Baish, DG Duda… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - pnas.org
Advances in immunotherapy have revolutionized the treatment of multiple cancers.
Unfortunately, tumors usually have impaired blood perfusion, which limits the delivery of …

Management of brain metastases according to molecular subtypes

R Soffietti, M Ahluwalia, N Lin, R Rudà - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2020 - nature.com
The incidence of brain metastases has markedly increased in the past 20 years owing to
progress in the treatment of malignant solid tumours, earlier diagnosis by MRI and an …

Advances in the knowledge of the molecular biology of glioblastoma and its impact in patient diagnosis, stratification, and treatment

B Delgado‐Martín, MÁ Medina - Advanced Science, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Gliomas are the most common primary brain tumors in adults. They arise in the glial tissue
and primarily occur in the brain. Low‐grade tumors of World Health Organization (WHO) …

Mesenchymal glioma stem cells trigger vasectasia—distinct neovascularization process stimulated by extracellular vesicles carrying EGFR

C Spinelli, L Adnani, B Meehan, L Montermini… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Targeting neovascularization in glioblastoma (GBM) is hampered by poor understanding of
the underlying mechanisms and unclear linkages to tumour molecular landscapes. Here we …

TGF-β inhibition combined with cytotoxic nanomedicine normalizes triple negative breast cancer microenvironment towards anti-tumor immunity

M Panagi, C Voutouri, F Mpekris, P Papageorgis… - …, 2020 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Tumor normalization strategies aim to improve tumor blood vessel functionality (ie,
perfusion) by reducing the hyper-permeability of tumor vessels or restoring compressed …