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ReviewAutoimmune diseases2013

An update in the use of antibodies to treat glioblastoma multiforme.

Norma Y Hernández-Pedro, Edgar Rangel-López, Gustavo Vargas Félix, Benjamín Pineda, Julio Sotelo

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In one paragraph

Review in Autoimmune diseases, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
15citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

15 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Current Immunotherapeutic Approaches for Malignant Gliomas.Brain tumor research and treatment · 2022
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  11. WNT signaling in glioblastoma and therapeutic opportunities.Laboratory investigation; a journal of technical methods and pathology · 2016
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  13. Agile delivery of protein therapeutics to CNS.Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society · 2014
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  14. Functional IRGM polymorphism is associated with language impairment in glioma and upregulates cytokine expressions.Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine · 2014
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Norma Y Hernández-PedroNeuroimmunology and Neuro-Oncology Unit, Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía, Mexico City 14269, Mexico.
Edgar Rangel-López
Gustavo Vargas Félix
Benjamín Pineda
Julio Sotelo
Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía · MX

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glioblastoma is a deadly brain disease and modest improvement in survival has been made. At initial diagnosis, treatment consists of maximum safe surgical resection, followed by temozolomide and chemoirradiation or adjuvant temozolomide alone. However, these treatments do not improve the prognosis and survival of patients. New treatment strategies are being sought according to the biology of tumors. The epidermal growth factor receptor has been considered as the hallmark in glioma tumors; thereby, some antibodies have been designed to bind to this receptor and block the downstream signaling pathways. Also, it is known that vascularization plays an important role in supplying new vessels to the tumor; therefore, new therapy has been guided to inhibit angiogenic growth factors in order to limit tumor growth. An innovative strategy in the treatment of glial tumors is the use of toxins produced by bacteria, which may be coupled to specific carrier-ligands and used for tumoral targeting. These carrier-ligands provide tumor-selective properties by the recognition of a cell-surface receptor on the tumor cells and promote their binding of the toxin-carrier complex prior to entry into the cell. Here, we reviewed some strategies to improve the management and treatment of glioblastoma and focused on the use of antibodies.

Identifiers

PMID24294521
PMCPMC3835613
OpenAlexW1978756138

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