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ReviewNeurosurgery clinics of North America2010

Challenges in clinical design of immunotherapy trials for malignant glioma.

Cleo E Rolle, Sadhak Sengupta, Maciej S Lesniak

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Review in Neurosurgery clinics of North America, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 47 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. miRNA-451 inhibits glioma cell proliferation and invasion by downregulating glucose transporter 1.Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine · 2016
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  15. TRP-ing up brain tumors.Nature medicine · 2012
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  16. Recent developments on immunotherapy for brain cancer.Expert opinion on emerging drugs · 2012
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  19. Molecular alterations in glioblastoma: potential targets for immunotherapy.Progress in molecular biology and translational science · 2011
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Cleo E RolleThe University of Chicago Brain Tumor Center, The University of Chicago, 5841 South Maryland Avenue, MC 3026, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
Sadhak Sengupta
Maciej S Lesniak
University of Chicago · US

Funding

Regulatory T Cells in Malignant GliomaR01CA138587 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI LESNIAK, MACIEJ S · 2009 to 2013
$1.6M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA138587
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most common and lethal primary malignant brain tumor. The traditional treatments for GBM, including surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy, only modestly improve patient survival. Therefore, immunotherapy has emerged as a novel therapeutic modality. Immunotherapeutic strategies exploit the immune system's ability to recognize and mount a specific response against tumor cells, but not normal cells. Current immunotherapeutic approaches for glioma can be divided into 3 categories: immune priming (active immunotherapy), immunomodulation (passive immunotherapy), and adoptive immunotherapy. Immune priming sensitizes the patient's immune cells to tumor antigens using various vaccination protocols. In the case of immunomodulation, strategies are aimed at reducing suppressive cytokines in the tumor microenvironment or using immune molecules to specifically target tumor cells. Adoptive immunotherapy involves harvesting the patient's immune cells, followed by ex vivo activation and expansion before reinfusion. This article provides an overview of the interactions between the central nervous system and the immune system, and discusses the challenges facing current immunotherapeutic strategies.

Indexed as

Clinical Trials as TopicImmunotherapyResearch DesignBrain NeoplasmsGlioblastomaGliomaHumansImmunization, PassiveImmunotherapy, ActiveImmunotherapy, Adoptive

Identifiers

PMID19944979
PMCPMC2786905
OpenAlexW2017329734

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