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ArticleNeoplasia (New York, N.Y.)

Combination of endostatin and a protein kinase Calpha DNA enzyme improves the survival of rats with malignant glioma.

Dag R Sorensen, Marianne Leirdal, Per Ole Iversen, Mouldy Sioud

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Article in Neoplasia (New York, N.Y.). The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
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  3. Antiangiogenic therapy in brain tumors.Expert review of neurotherapeutics · 2008
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  5. Angiogenesis in gliomas: imaging and experimental therapeutics.Brain pathology (Zurich, Switzerland) · 2005
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Dag R SorensenDepartment of Comparative Medicine, The National Hospital, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway. d.r.sorensen@labmed.uio.no
Marianne Leirdal
Per Ole Iversen
Mouldy Sioud
Norwegian Cancer Society · NOUniversity of Oslo · NO

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Malignant gliomas are refractory to conventional therapies, including surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Thus, a variety of therapies such as the inhibition of angiogenesis and signal transduction pathways have been attempted. In the present study, we have evaluated the combined effect of endostatin, an inhibitor of angiogenesis, and a DNA enzyme targeting the protein kinase Calpha (PKCalpha) gene expression. Inhibition of PKCalpha by a nuclease-resistant DNA enzyme eliminated PKCalpha gene expression and induced apoptosis in most glioma cells. To assess the efficacy of endostatin and the PKCalpha DNA enzyme in vivo, rats bearing the intracranial tumor BT(4)C were given a combined treatment of endostatin and the PKCalpha enzyme. Survival was significantly enhanced by continuous delivery of endostatin (P<.0004) and rats treated with a single injection of the active DNA enzyme lived significantly longer than those treated with the inactive form (P<.045). Interestingly, a single injection of the PKCalpha DNA enzyme in combination with continuous delivery of endostatin significantly improved animal survival compared with PKCalpha (P<.0009) or endostatin (P<.025) alone. Thus, the combined treatment may represent an attractive therapeutic strategy against malignant gliomas.

Indexed as

Angiogenesis InhibitorsAnimalsApoptosisBlotting, WesternBrain NeoplasmsCell DivisionCollagenDrug Therapy, CombinationEndostatinsFemaleGliosarcomaIn Situ Nick-End LabelingIn Vitro TechniquesMaleNeovascularization, PathologicPeptide FragmentsAngiogenesis InhibitorsCollagenEndostatinsPeptide FragmentsProtein Kinase CProtein Kinase C-alphaRNA, CatalyticRNA, Messenger

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PMID12407440
PMCPMC1503660
OpenAlexW2090928486

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