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ArticleBrain sciences2019

Current Therapeutic Strategies for Glioblastoma.

Julien Rossignol, Bhairavi Srinageshwar, Gary L Dunbar

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Article in Brain sciences, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 18% 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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Julien RossignolField Neurosciences Institute laboratory for Restorative Neurology at Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8662-0547
Bhairavi SrinageshwarField Neurosciences Institute laboratory for Restorative Neurology at Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8763-545X
Gary L DunbarField Neurosciences Institute laboratory for Restorative Neurology at Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859, USA.
Central Michigan University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glioblastomas (GB) are grade 4 brain tumors, one of the most aggressive forms of brain cancer found in humans. Although current treatments for GB are largely ineffective, new alternate approaches, beyond standard chemo- or radiation therapies have shown promising results in both pre-clinical and clinical settings. Some of these approaches include stem cell therapy, new pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals, and the use of tumor specific peptides or GB-targeted antibodies and immune-based therapies. A common limitation in the efficacy of these treatments is the inability of these therapeutic agents to readily cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB) to reach the tumor site. Therefore, many strategies are being developed to achieve targeted delivery of drugs across the BBB so that they can kill the cancer cells, while sparing healthy tissue. One of the most promising new approaches involves the use of nanoparticles that can carry therapeutic drugs and genes across the BBB and home in on the GB tumor site.

Indexed as

blood brain barrierdrugs and genesglioblastoma

Identifiers

PMID31888004
PMCPMC7016852
OpenAlexW2997887722

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