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ReviewAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2020

Mesenchymal Transformation: The Rosetta Stone of Glioblastoma Pathogenesis and Therapy Resistance.

Zulfikar Azam, Shing-Shun Tony To, Bakhos A Tannous

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Review in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
40citing papers in PubMed
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

40 citing papers in PubMed, 57 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 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Zulfikar AzamExperimental Therapeutics and Molecular Imaging Unit Department of Neurology Neuro-Oncology Division Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School Boston MA 02129 USA.
Shing-Shun Tony ToDepartment of Health Technology and Informatics The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong 999077 China.
Bakhos A TannousExperimental Therapeutics and Molecular Imaging Unit Department of Neurology Neuro-Oncology Division Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School Boston MA 02129 USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7062-0684
Harvard University · USHong Kong Polytechnic University · HK

Funding

The role of microvesicles in giloma virotherapyP01CA069246 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI CHIOCCA, E. ANTONIO · 1996 to 2021
$30.9M
Glioblastoma stem cells therapyR01NS064983 · NINDS · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI TANNOUS, BAKHOS A · 2009 to 2019
$4.0M
NCI NIH HHS P01 CA069246NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS064983
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite decades of research, glioblastoma (GBM) remains invariably fatal among all forms of cancers. The high level of inter- and intratumoral heterogeneity along with its biological location, the brain, are major barriers against effective treatment. Molecular and single cell analysis identifies different molecular subtypes with varying prognosis, while multiple subtypes can reside in the same tumor. Cellular plasticity among different subtypes in response to therapies or during recurrence adds another hurdle in the treatment of GBM. This phenotypic shift is induced and sustained by activation of several pathways within the tumor itself, or microenvironmental factors. In this review, the dynamic nature of cellular shifts in GBM and how the tumor (immune) microenvironment shapes this process leading to therapeutic resistance, while highlighting emerging tools and approaches to study this dynamic double-edged sword are discussed.

Indexed as

clinical outcomeglioblastoma (GBM)mesenchymal transitionmolecular subtypestherapy responsestumor microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID33240762
PMCPMC7675056
OpenAlexW3088689262

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Registered trials

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