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ReviewNeuro-oncology2018

Monoamines in glioblastoma: complex biology with therapeutic potential.

Seamus Patrick Caragher, Robert Raymond Hall, Riasat Ahsan, Atique U Ahmed

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Review in Neuro-oncology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 61 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
61citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

61 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 89 citations in OpenAlex.

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1 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Seamus Patrick CaragherDepartment of Neurological Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois.
Robert Raymond HallBiological Sciences Division, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
Riasat AhsanDepartment of Neurological Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois.
Atique U AhmedDepartment of Neurological Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois.
Northwestern University · USNeurological Surgery · USUniversity of Chicago · US

Funding

Cellular Plasticity and equilibrium in GBM ProgressionR01NS096376 · NINDS · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI Atique U. Ahmed · 2017 to 2026
$3.9M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS096376
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glioblastoma (GBM) is characterized by extremely poor prognoses, despite the use of gross surgical resection, alkylating chemotherapeutic agents, and radiotherapy. Evidence increasingly highlights the role of the tumor microenvironment in enabling this aggressive phenotype. Despite this interest, the role of neurotransmitters, brain-specific messengers underlying synaptic transmission, remains murky. These signaling molecules influence a complex network of molecular pathways and cellular behaviors in many CNS-resident cells, including neural stem cells and progenitor cells, neurons, and glia cells. Critically, available data convincingly demonstrate that neurotransmitters can influence proliferation, quiescence, and differentiation status of these cells. This ability to affect progenitors and glia-GBM-initiating cells-and their availability in the CNS strongly support the notion that neurotransmitters participate in the onset and progression of GBM. This review will focus on dopamine and serotonin, as studies indicate they contribute to gliomagenesis. Particular attention will be paid to how these neurotransmitters and their receptors can be utilized as novel therapeutic targets. Overall, this review will analyze the complex biology governing the interaction of GBM with neurotransmitter signaling and highlight how this interplay shapes the aggressive nature of GBM.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsBrain NeoplasmsDopamineGlioblastomaHumansSerotoninSignal TransductionAntineoplastic AgentsDopamineSerotonin

Identifiers

PMID29126252
PMCPMC6280144
OpenAlexW2767037713

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Registered trials

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