Immune checkpoint blockade in glioblastoma: from tumor heterogeneity to personalized treatment

VA Arrieta, C Dmello, DJ McGrail, DJ Brat… - The Journal of clinical …, 2023‏ - jci.org
Immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) has revolutionized modern cancer therapy, arousing
great interest in the neuro-oncology community. While several reports show that subsets of …

Understanding the immunosuppressive microenvironment of glioma: mechanistic insights and clinical perspectives

H Lin, C Liu, A Hu, D Zhang, H Yang, Y Mao - Journal of hematology & …, 2024‏ - Springer
Glioblastoma (GBM), the predominant and primary malignant intracranial tumor, poses a
formidable challenge due to its immunosuppressive microenvironment, thereby confounding …

Ultrasound-mediated delivery of doxorubicin to the brain results in immune modulation and improved responses to PD-1 blockade in gliomas

VA Arrieta, A Gould, KS Kim, KJ Habashy… - Nature …, 2024‏ - nature.com
Given the marginal penetration of most drugs across the blood-brain barrier, the efficacy of
various agents remains limited for glioblastoma (GBM). Here we employ low-intensity pulsed …

[HTML][HTML] Microglia and brain macrophages as drivers of glioma progression

Y Zheng, MB Graeber - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
Evidence is accumulating that the tumour microenvironment (TME) has a key role in the
progression of gliomas. Non-neoplastic cells in addition to the tumour cells are therefore …

Pleiotropic effects of the COX-2/PGE2 axis in the glioblastoma tumor microenvironment

PT Dean, SB Hooks - Frontiers in Oncology, 2023‏ - frontiersin.org
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common and aggressive form of malignant glioma. The
GBM tumor microenvironment (TME) is a complex ecosystem of heterogeneous cells and …

[HTML][HTML] Fluid dynamics in aging-related dementias

TM Bah, DA Siler, AH Ibrahim, JS Cetas… - Neurobiology of …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Recent human and animal model experimental studies revealed novel pathways for fluid
movement, immune cell trafficking and metabolic waste clearance in CNS. These studies …

Tumor-associated macrophages correlate with prognosis in medulloblastoma

J Zhang, X Yuan, Y Wang, J Liu, Z Li, S Li, Y Liu… - Frontiers in …, 2022‏ - frontiersin.org
Purpose Macrophage polarization plays an essential role in the tumor microenvironment of
brain tumors. However, the role of tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) in …

The tumor immune microenvironment in primary CNS neoplasms: a review of current knowledge and therapeutic approaches

AL Kalluri, PP Shah, M Lim - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
Primary CNS neoplasms are responsible for considerable mortality and morbidity, and many
therapies directed at primary brain tumors have proven unsuccessful despite their success …

IRE1 endoribonuclease signaling promotes myeloid cell infiltration in glioblastoma

J Obacz, J Archambeau, E Lafont, M Nivet… - Neuro …, 2024‏ - academic.oup.com
Background Intrinsic or environmental stresses trigger the accumulation of improperly folded
proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), leading to ER stress. To cope with this, cells …

Myeloid cell classification and therapeutic opportunities within the glioblastoma tumor microenvironment in the single cell-omics era

CJ Larkin, VA Arrieta, H Najem, G Li, P Zhang… - Frontiers in …, 2022‏ - frontiersin.org
The glioma tumor microenvironment (TME) is complex and heterogeneous, and multiple
emerging and current technologies are being utilized for an improved comprehension and …