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ReviewFrontiers in oncology2020

Prognostic and Therapeutic Roles of the Insulin Growth Factor System in Glioblastoma.

Elena Tirrò, Michele Massimino, Chiara Romano, Federica Martorana, Maria Stella Pennisi, Stefania Stella, Giuliana Pavone, Sandra Di Gregorio, Adriana Puma, Cristina Tomarchio and 3 more

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Review in Frontiers in oncology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
36citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.1field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

36 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 45 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Insulin-like growth factor receptor signaling in physiology and disease.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2026
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  7. Functional 3D Human Neuron-Glioblastoma Model Reveals Cellular Interactions Enabling Drug Safety Assessments.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2025
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  10. Betulinic acid and obesity-related disorders.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025
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  14. Practical immunomodulatory landscape of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) therapy.Journal of the Egyptian National Cancer Institute · 2024
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  18. Glioblastoma Therapy: Past, Present and Future.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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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

13 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Elena TirròDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
Michele MassiminoDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
Chiara RomanoDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
Federica MartoranaDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
Maria Stella PennisiDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
Stefania StellaDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
Giuliana PavoneCenter of Experimental Oncology and Hematology, A.O.U. Policlinico "G. Rodolico-San Marco", Catania, Italy.
Sandra Di GregorioDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
Adriana PumaDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
Cristina TomarchioDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
Silvia Rita VitaleDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
Livia ManzellaDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
Paolo VigneriDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
University of Catania · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most common primary brain malignancy and is often resistant to conventional treatments due to its extensive cellular heterogeneity. Thus, the overall survival of GBM patients remains extremely poor. Insulin-like growth factor (IGF) signaling entails a complex system that is a key regulator of cell transformation, growth and cell-cycle progression. Hence, its deregulation is frequently involved in the development of several cancers, including brain malignancies. In GBM, differential expression of several IGF system components and alterations of this signaling axis are linked to significantly worse prognosis and reduced responsiveness to temozolomide, the most commonly used pharmacological agent for the treatment of the disease. In the present review we summarize the biological role of the IGF system in the pathogenesis of GBM and comprehensively discuss its clinical significance and contribution to the development of resistance to standard chemotherapy and experimental treatments.

Indexed as

drug resistanceglioblastomaIGF-binding proteininsulin/insulin-like growth factor systeminsulin-like growth factor signaling pathway

Identifiers

PMID33604294
PMCPMC7885861
OpenAlexW3127125452

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