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ArticleJournal of neuro-oncology2007

Intracranial glioblastoma models in preclinical neuro-oncology: neuropathological characterization and tumor progression.

Marianela Candolfi, James F Curtin, W Stephen Nichols, Akm G Muhammad, Gwendalyn D King, G Elizabeth Pluhar, Elizabeth A McNiel, John R Ohlfest, Andrew B Freese, Peter F Moore and 3 more

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Article in Journal of neuro-oncology, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 214 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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214citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
7.5field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

214 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 346 citations in OpenAlex.

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  13. Between Prometheus and Thanatos: Reflections on Intracardiac Injection Models for Metastasis in Mice.Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science : JAALAS · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Marianela CandolfiDepartment of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
James F Curtin
W Stephen Nichols
Akm G Muhammad
Gwendalyn D King
G Elizabeth Pluhar
Elizabeth A McNiel
John R Ohlfest
Andrew B Freese
Peter F Moore
Jonathan Lerner
Pedro R Lowenstein
Maria G Castro
University of California, Los Angeles · USUniversity of Minnesota · USCedars-Sinai Medical Center · USUniversity of California, Davis · US

Funding

Trophic gene transfer in MPTP animalsU54NS045309 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI FEDEROFF, HOWARD J. · 2002 to 2006
$9.7M
Gutless Adenovirus Mediated Gene Therapy for GliomaU01NS052465 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI CASTRO, MARIA G · 2007 to 2011
$3.1M
Gene therapy for chronic neurodegenerative disordersR01NS044556 · NINDS · CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER · PI CASTRO, MARIA G · 2002 to 2006
$2.0M
Gene Therapy for Neurological DiseasesR01NS042893 · NINDS · CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER · PI LOWENSTEIN, PEDRO R · 2002 to 2006
$1.8M
Gene Therapy and the Brain: Neuroimmune InteractionsR01NS054193 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI LOWENSTEIN, PEDRO R. · 2007 to 2011
$1.6M
Targeted Toxin for Brain Cancer Gene TherapyR21NS054143 · NINDS · CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER · PI CASTRO, MARIA G · 2007 to 2008
$383k
Gene Therapy for GliomaR21NS047298 · NINDS · CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER · PI LOWENSTEIN, PEDRO R · 2003 to 2004
$354k
Gutless Adenovirus Mediated Targeted Therapeutics for GliomaF32NS058156 · NINDS · CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER · PI CANDOLFI, MARIANELA · 2007 to 2009
$154k
APOPTOSIS OF ANTERIOR PITUITARY CELLSR03TW006273 · FIC · CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER · PI CASTRO, MARIA G · 2004 to 2006
$102k
FIC NIH HHS 1 RO3 TW006273-01FIC NIH HHS R03 TW006273NINDS NIH HHS 1F32 NS058156.01NINDS NIH HHS 1R01 NS44556.01NINDS NIH HHS 1R21-NS054143.01NINDS NIH HHS 1 RO1 NS 054193.01NINDS NIH HHS 1UO1 NS052465.01NINDS NIH HHS F32 NS058156NINDS NIH HHS NS445561NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS042893NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS044556NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS054193NINDS NIH HHS R21 NS047298NINDS NIH HHS R21 NS054143NINDS NIH HHS U01 NS052465NINDS NIH HHS U54 NS045309
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although rodent glioblastoma (GBM) models have been used for over 30 years, the extent to which they recapitulate the characteristics encountered in human GBMs remains controversial. We studied the histopathological features of dog GBM and human xenograft GBM models in immune-deficient mice (U251 and U87 GBM in nude Balb/c), and syngeneic GBMs in immune-competent rodents (GL26 cells in C57BL/6 mice, CNS-1 cells in Lewis rats). All GBMs studied exhibited neovascularization, pleomorphism, vimentin immunoreactivity, and infiltration of T-cells and macrophages. All the tumors showed necrosis and hemorrhages, except the U87 human xenograft, in which the most salient feature was its profuse neovascularization. The tumors differed in the expression of astrocytic intermediate filaments: human and dog GBMs, as well as U251 xenografts expressed glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and vimentin, while the U87 xenograft and the syngeneic rodent GBMs were GFAP(-) and vimentin(+). Also, only dog GBMs exhibited endothelial proliferation, a key feature that was absent in the murine models. In all spontaneous and implanted GBMs we found histopathological features compatible with tumor invasion into the non-neoplastic brain parenchyma. Our data indicate that murine models of GBM appear to recapitulate several of the human GBM histopathological features and, considering their reproducibility and availability, they constitute a valuable in vivo system for preclinical studies. Importantly, our results indicate that dog GBM emerges as an attractive animal model for testing novel therapies in a spontaneous tumor in the context of a larger brain.

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Disease Models, AnimalAnimalsBrain NeoplasmsDisease ProgressionDog DiseasesDogsGlial Fibrillary Acidic ProteinGlioblastomaHumansMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMice, Inbred C57BLMice, NudeRatsRats, Inbred LewVimentinGlial Fibrillary Acidic ProteinVimentin

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PMID17874037
PMCPMC2384236
OpenAlexW2148276738

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