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ReviewCancer metastasis reviews2024

Glioblastoma stem cell metabolism and immunity.

Joseph Hawly, Micaela G Murcar, Alejandro Schcolnik-Cabrera, Mark E Issa

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Review in Cancer metastasis reviews, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
14citing papers in PubMed
5.7field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

14 citing papers in PubMed, 13 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

4 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Joseph HawlyFaculty of Medicine and Medical Sciences, University of Balamand, Dekouaneh, Lebanon.ORCID 0009-0004-3707-1010
Micaela G MurcarDepartment of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3050-7964
Alejandro Schcolnik-CabreraDepartment of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. schcolni@ualberta.ca.ORCID 0000-0001-7734-3253
Mark E IssaDepartment of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA, USA. missa2@mgh.harvard.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-0854-4147
Massachusetts General Hospital · USUniversity of Alberta · CAUniversity of Balamand · LB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite enormous efforts being invested in the development of novel therapies for brain malignancies, there remains a dire need for effective treatments, particularly for pediatric glioblastomas. Their poor prognosis has been attributed to the fact that conventional therapies target tumoral cells, but not glioblastoma stem cells (GSCs). GSCs are characterized by self-renewal, tumorigenicity, poor differentiation, and resistance to therapy. These characteristics represent the fundamental tools needed to recapitulate the tumor and result in a relapse. The mechanisms by which GSCs alter metabolic cues and escape elimination by immune cells are discussed in this article, along with potential strategies to harness effector immune cells against GSCs. As cellular immunotherapy is making significant advances in a variety of cancers, leveraging this underexplored reservoir may result in significant improvements in the treatment options for brain malignancies.

Indexed as

Brain NeoplasmsGlioblastomaNeoplastic Stem CellsAnimalsHumansImmunotherapyBrain tumorsCancer metabolismCancer stem cellsEliminationEquilibriumEscapeImmunoeditingImmunotherapyMicrogliaNatural killer cellsResistanceSelf-renewalSurveillanceT cellsTumorigenicity

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PMID38530545
OpenAlexW4393182821

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