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ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Aptamer-Based In Vivo Therapeutic Targeting of Glioblastoma.

Valeriana Cesarini, Chiara Scopa, Domenico Alessandro Silvestris, Andrea Scafidi, Valerio Petrera, Giada Del Baldo, Angela Gallo

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In one paragraph

Review in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
22citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

22 citing papers in PubMed, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Cell SELEX-based DNA aptamer selection targetingVeterinary research forum : an international quarterly journal · 2026
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  6. Clinical applications of oligonucleotides for cancer therapy.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2025
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  11. Glioblastoma Therapy: Past, Present and Future.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  20. Tumor Cell-Specific 2'-Fluoro RNA Aptamer Conjugated withInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2021
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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

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Valeriana CesariniRNA Editing Laboratory, Oncohaematology Department, IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù (OPBG), 00146 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9323-1796
Chiara ScopaRNA Editing Laboratory, Oncohaematology Department, IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù (OPBG), 00146 Rome, Italy.
Domenico Alessandro SilvestrisRNA Editing Laboratory, Oncohaematology Department, IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù (OPBG), 00146 Rome, Italy.
Andrea ScafidiRNA Editing Laboratory, Oncohaematology Department, IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù (OPBG), 00146 Rome, Italy.
Valerio PetreraRNA Editing Laboratory, Oncohaematology Department, IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù (OPBG), 00146 Rome, Italy.
Giada Del BaldoRNA Editing Laboratory, Oncohaematology Department, IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù (OPBG), 00146 Rome, Italy.
Angela GalloRNA Editing Laboratory, Oncohaematology Department, IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù (OPBG), 00146 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0297-1807
Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital · IT

Funding

Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro 13202Fondazione Mia Neri to AG
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most aggressive, infiltrative, and lethal brain tumor in humans. Despite the extensive advancement in the knowledge about tumor progression and treatment over the last few years, the prognosis of GBM is still very poor due to the difficulty of targeting drugs or anticancer molecules to GBM cells. The major challenge in improving GBM treatment implicates the development of a targeted drug delivery system, capable of crossing the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and specifically targeting GBM cells. Aptamers possess many characteristics that make them ideal novel therapeutic agents for the treatment of GBM. They are short single-stranded nucleic acids (RNA or ssDNA) able to bind to a molecular target with high affinity and specificity. Several GBM-targeting aptamers have been developed for imaging, tumor cell isolation from biopsies, and drug/anticancer molecule delivery to the tumor cells. Due to their properties (low immunogenicity, long stability, and toxicity), a large number of aptamers have been selected against GBM biomarkers and tested in GBM cell lines, while only a few of them have also been tested in in vivo models of GBM. Herein, we specifically focus on aptamers tested in GBM in vivo models that can be considered as new diagnostic and/or therapeutic tools for GBM patients' treatment.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsAptamers, NucleotideBiological TransportBiomarkers, TumorBlood-Brain BarrierBrain NeoplasmsCell Line, TumorDrug CompoundingDrug LiberationGlioblastomaHumansIn Vitro TechniquesMolecular Targeted TherapyNanocapsulesNucleic AcidsAntineoplastic AgentsAptamers, NucleotideBiomarkers, TumorNanocapsulesNucleic Acidsaptamersdrug deliveryGBMGBM therapynanoparticles

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PMID32957732
PMCPMC7570863
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