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ArticleTrends in cancer2015

Glioblastoma: Defining Tumor Niches.

Dolores Hambardzumyan, Gabriele Bergers

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Article in Trends in cancer, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 328 papers.

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328citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

328 citing papers in PubMed, 502 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Dolores HambardzumyanDepartment of Pediatrics, Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Gabriele BergersDepartment of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Francisco, Helen Diller Family Cancer Research Center, 1450 3 Street, San Francisco, California 94158, USA; Brain Tumor Center, University of California San Francisco, Helen Diller Family Cancer Research Center, 1450 3 Street, San Francisco, California 94158, USA; UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California San Francisco, Helen Diller Family Cancer Research Center, 1450 3 Street, San Francisco, California 94158, USA.
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta · USUniversity of California, San Francisco · US

Funding

The vascular niche in glioma propagation and resistance to therapyU54CA163155 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI BERGERS, GABRIELE, WEAVER, VALERIE MARIE · 2011 to 2015
$4.4M
Non-neoplastic cell types dictate gliomagenesis andU01CA160882 · NCI · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI HAMBARDZUMYAN, DOLORES, HOLLAND, ERIC C. · 2012 to 2016
$2.8M
Autophagy as a microenvironmental regulator of tumorigenesis and resistanceR01CA188404 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI BERGERS, GABRIELE, DEBNATH, JAYANTA · 2014 to 2018
$2.1M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA188404NCI NIH HHS U01 CA160882NCI NIH HHS U54 CA163155
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glioblastomas (GBM) are one of the most recalcitrant brain tumors because of their aggressive invasive growth and resistance to therapy. They are highly heterogeneous malignancies at both the molecular and histological levels. Specific histological hallmarks including pseudopalisading necrosis and microvascular proliferation distinguish GBM from lower-grade gliomas, and make GBM one of the most hypoxic as well as angiogenic tumors. These microanatomical compartments present specific niches within the tumor microenvironment that regulate metabolic needs, immune surveillance, survival, invasion as well as cancer stem cell maintenance. Here we review features and functions of the distinct GBM niches, detail the different cell constituents and the functional status of the vasculature, and discuss prospects of therapeutically targeting GBM niche constituents.

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astrocytescancer stem cellsGBMmacrophagesmicroglial cellstherapytumor microenvironmenttumor nichestumor vasculature

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PMID27088132
PMCPMC4831073
OpenAlexW2208036228

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