Evidence map›Paper›PMID 33391498›Full record

ReviewTheranostics2021

Glioma stem cells and their roles within the hypoxic tumor microenvironment.

Nathaniel H Boyd, Anh Nhat Tran, Joshua D Bernstock, Tina Etminan, Amber B Jones, G Yancey Gillespie, Gregory K Friedman, Anita B Hjelmeland

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In one paragraph

Review in Theranostics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 155 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
155citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
7.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

155 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 211 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Efficacy of concurrent hyperbaric oxygen therapy with chemoradiotherapy for glioma: a meta-analysis.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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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

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Nathaniel H BoydDepartment of Cell, Developmental, and Integrative Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL.
Anh Nhat TranDepartment of Neurosurgery, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.
Joshua D BernstockDepartment of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Tina EtminanDepartment of Chemistry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL.
Amber B JonesDepartment of Cell, Developmental, and Integrative Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL.
G Yancey GillespieDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL.
Gregory K FriedmanDivision of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL.
Anita B HjelmelandDepartment of Cell, Developmental, and Integrative Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL.
University of Alabama at Birmingham · USHarvard University · USNorthwestern University · US

Funding

Glioblastoma tumor microenvironmental influence on acquired and inherent cancer therapy resistance.U01CA223976 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI CHEN, JAKE YUE, CUI, XIANGQIN · 2018 to 2022
$4.8M
Biosynthetic Metabolic Pathway Regulation of Glioma GrowthR01NS104339 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI HJELMELAND, ANITA BORTON · 2018 to 2022
$1.9M
Identification of Glucose Transporter 3 Inhibitors for Glioblastoma TreatmentR21NS096531 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI AUGELLI-SZAFRAN, CORINNE ELIZABETH, HJELMELAND, ANITA BORTON · 2016 to 2017
$537k
GBM Avatar Screening Paradigm for Rational Pharmacokinomic Glioma TherapyR21CA252382 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI WILLEY, CHRISTOPHER D · 2020 to 2020
$381k
Microenvironmental Regulation of Glioblastoma Angiogenesis via CHD7F31CA200085 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI BOYD, NATHANIEL · 2015 to 2017
$86k
NCI NIH HHS F31 CA200085NCI NIH HHS R21 CA252382NCI NIH HHS U01 CA223976NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS104339
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tumor microenvironments are the result of cellular alterations in cancer that support unrestricted growth and proliferation and result in further modifications in cell behavior, which are critical for tumor progression. Angiogenesis and therapeutic resistance are known to be modulated by hypoxia and other tumor microenvironments, such as acidic stress, both of which are core features of the glioblastoma microenvironment. Hypoxia has also been shown to promote a stem-like state in both non-neoplastic and tumor cells. In glial tumors, glioma stem cells (GSCs) are central in tumor growth, angiogenesis, and therapeutic resistance, and further investigation of the interplay between tumor microenvironments and GSCs is critical to the search for better treatment options for glioblastoma. Accordingly, we summarize the impact of hypoxia and acidic stress on GSC signaling and biologic phenotypes, and potential methods to inhibit these pathways.

Indexed as

AnimalsBrain NeoplasmsGliomaHumansHypoxiaNeoplastic Stem CellsNeovascularization, PathologicTumor Microenvironmentacidic stresscancer stem cellsgliomahypoxiatumor microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID33391498
PMCPMC7738846
OpenAlexW3097646670

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