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ReviewMolecular cancer2017

Recent advances in the use of PI3K inhibitors for glioblastoma multiforme: current preclinical and clinical development.

Hua-Fu Zhao, Jing Wang, Wei Shao, Chang-Peng Wu, Zhong-Ping Chen, Shing-Shun Tony To, Wei-Ping Li

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Review in Molecular cancer, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 159 papers.

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159citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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159 citing papers in PubMed, 246 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Hua-Fu ZhaoDepartment of Neurosurgery & Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Neurosurgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, Shenzhen Second People's Hospital, Shenzhen, 518035, China.
Jing WangDepartment of Neurosurgery/Neuro-oncology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, 510060, China.
Wei ShaoDepartment of Health Technology and Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China.
Chang-Peng WuDepartment of Neurosurgery & Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Neurosurgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, Shenzhen Second People's Hospital, Shenzhen, 518035, China.
Zhong-Ping ChenDepartment of Neurosurgery/Neuro-oncology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, 510060, China.
Shing-Shun Tony ToDepartment of Health Technology and Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China. tony.to@polyu.edu.hk.
Wei-Ping LiDepartment of Neurosurgery & Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Neurosurgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, Shenzhen Second People's Hospital, Shenzhen, 518035, China. wpli@szu.edu.cn.
Hong Kong Polytechnic University · HKSun Yat-sen University Cancer Center · CNAnhui Medical University · CNShenzhen Second People's Hospital · CNSun Yat-sen University · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most common and aggressive malignant primary tumor in the central nervous system. One of the most widely used chemotherapeutic drugs for GBM is temozolomide, which is a DNA-alkylating agent and its efficacy is dependent on MGMT methylation status. Little progress in improving the prognosis of GBM patients has been made in the past ten years, urging the development of more effective molecular targeted therapies. Hyper-activation of the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt pathway is frequently found in a variety of cancers including GBM, and it plays a central role in the regulation of tumor cell survival, growth, motility, angiogenesis and metabolism. Numerous PI3K inhibitors including pan-PI3K, isoform-selective and dual PI3K/mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitors have exhibited favorable preclinical results and entered clinical trials in a range of hematologic malignancies and solid tumors. Furthermore, combination of inhibitors targeting PI3K and other related pathways may exert synergism on suppressing tumor growth and improving patients' prognosis. Currently, only a handful of PI3K inhibitors are in phase I/II clinical trials for GBM treatment. In this review, we focus on the importance of PI3K/Akt pathway in GBM, and summarize the current development of PI3K inhibitors alone or in combination with other inhibitors for GBM treatment from preclinical to clinical studies.

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Molecular Targeted TherapyPhosphoinositide-3 Kinase InhibitorsAnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsBrain NeoplasmsCatalysisClinical Studies as TopicDrug DiscoveryDrug Evaluation, PreclinicalGlioblastomaHumansIsoenzymesPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesProtein Kinase InhibitorsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktAntineoplastic AgentsIsoenzymesPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesPhosphoinositide-3 Kinase InhibitorsProtein Kinase InhibitorsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktTOR Serine-Threonine KinasesGBMGlioblastomamTORPI3K

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PMID28592260
PMCPMC5463420
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