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ReviewCells2021

The Interplay between Glioblastoma and Its Microenvironment.

Mark Dapash, David Hou, Brandyn Castro, Catalina Lee-Chang, Maciej S Lesniak

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Review in Cells, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 93 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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93citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

93 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. High-grade gliomas with autoimmune encephalitis-like presentation: case report and systematic review of the literature.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2025
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  2. Degradation fragments of Tau and type IV collagen as serum biomarkers in patients with recurrent glioblastoma treated with nivolumab and bevacizumab.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2025
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  4. Advances in Aptamer Drug Delivery Systems for Treatment of Glioblastoma.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 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

5 authors.

Mark DapashDepartment of Neurological Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8695-2373
David HouDepartment of Neurological Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
Brandyn CastroDepartment of Neurological Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
Catalina Lee-ChangDepartment of Neurological Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
Maciej S LesniakDepartment of Neurological Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0096-5107

Funding

STINGing GBM: A First-in- Man Clinical Trial in Surgical Resectable Recurrent GBMP50CA221747 · NCI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI Hui Zhang · 2018 to 2026
$21.4M
Therapeutic Targeting of Malignant Glioma Stem CellsR35CA197725 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI LESNIAK, MACIEJ S · 2015 to 2021
$6.2M
Metabolic Control of Immune Suppression in GliomasR01NS093903 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI LESNIAK, MACIEJ S · 2015 to 2019
$2.3M
Development of B-cell-based vaccine for GlioblastomaR37CA258426 · NCI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI Catalina Lee Chang · 2021 to 2026
$2.2M
NCI NIH HHS P50 CA221747NCI NIH HHS R35 CA197725NCI NIH HHS R37 CA258426NIH HHS R37CA258426NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS093903
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

GBM is the most common primary brain tumor in adults, and the aggressive nature of this tumor contributes to its extremely poor prognosis. Over the years, the heterogeneous and adaptive nature of GBM has been highlighted as a major contributor to the poor efficacy of many treatments including various immunotherapies. The major challenge lies in understanding and manipulating the complex interplay among the different components within the tumor microenvironment (TME). This interplay varies not only by the type of cells interacting but also by their spatial distribution with the TME. This review highlights the various immune and non-immune components of the tumor microenvironment and their consequences of the efficacy of immunotherapies. Understanding the independent and interdependent aspects of the various sub-populations encapsulated by the immune and non-immune components will allow for more targeted therapies. Meanwhile, understanding how the TME creates and responds to different environmental pressures such as hypoxia may allow for other multimodal approaches in the treatment of GBM. Ultimately, a better understanding of the GBM TME will aid in the development and advancement of more effective treatments and in improving patient outcomes.

Indexed as

AnimalsBrain NeoplasmsGlioblastomaHumansTumor Microenvironmentblood-brain-barrierglioblastomaimmune cellsimmunosuppressionmicroenvironmentregulatory T cellstumor-associated myeloid cells

Identifiers

PMID34571905
PMCPMC8469987

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