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ReviewFrontiers in cell and developmental biology2021

Critical View of Novel Treatment Strategies for Glioblastoma: Failure and Success of Resistance Mechanisms by Glioblastoma Cells.

Timo Burster, Rebecca Traut, Zhanerke Yermekkyzy, Katja Mayer, Mike-Andrew Westhoff, Joachim Bischof, Uwe Knippschild

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Review in Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

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31citing papers in PubMed
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

31 citing papers in PubMed, 56 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Timo BursterDepartment of Biology, School of Sciences and Humanities, Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.
Rebecca TrautDepartment of General and Visceral Surgery, Surgery Center, Ulm University Hospital, Ulm, Germany.
Zhanerke YermekkyzyDepartment of Biology, School of Sciences and Humanities, Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.
Katja MayerDepartment of General and Visceral Surgery, Surgery Center, Ulm University Hospital, Ulm, Germany.
Mike-Andrew WesthoffDepartment of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University Medical Center Ulm, Ulm, Germany.
Joachim BischofDepartment of General and Visceral Surgery, Surgery Center, Ulm University Hospital, Ulm, Germany.
Uwe KnippschildDepartment of General and Visceral Surgery, Surgery Center, Ulm University Hospital, Ulm, Germany.
University Hospital Ulm · DENazarbayev University · KZ

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

According to the invasive nature of glioblastoma, which is the most common form of malignant brain tumor, the standard care by surgery, chemo- and radiotherapy is particularly challenging. The presence of glioblastoma stem cells (GSCs) and the surrounding tumor microenvironment protects glioblastoma from recognition by the immune system. Conventional therapy concepts have failed to completely remove glioblastoma cells, which is one major drawback in clinical management of the disease. The use of small molecule inhibitors, immunomodulators, immunotherapy, including peptide and mRNA vaccines, and virotherapy came into focus for the treatment of glioblastoma. Although novel strategies underline the benefit for anti-tumor effectiveness, serious challenges need to be overcome to successfully manage tumorigenesis, indicating the significance of developing new strategies. Therefore, we provide insights into the application of different medications in combination to boost the host immune system to interfere with immune evasion of glioblastoma cells which are promising prerequisites for therapeutic approaches to treat glioblastoma patients.

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glioblastomaimmune evasionimmunotherapypeptide and mRNA vaccinestumor microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID34485282
PMCPMC8415230
OpenAlexW3195803034

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