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ArticleLife (Basel, Switzerland)2024

Overcoming Resistance to Temozolomide in Glioblastoma: A Scoping Review of Preclinical and Clinical Data.

Dimitra Smerdi, Myrto Moutafi, Ioannis Kotsantis, Lampis C Stavrinou, Amanda Psyrri

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Article in Life (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Dimitra SmerdiDepartment of Medical Oncology, Second Department of Internal Medicine, "Attikon" University General Hospital, Athens Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11528 Athens, Greece.
Myrto MoutafiDepartment of Medical Oncology, Second Department of Internal Medicine, "Attikon" University General Hospital, Athens Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11528 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-9314-3187
Ioannis KotsantisDepartment of Medical Oncology, Second Department of Internal Medicine, "Attikon" University General Hospital, Athens Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11528 Athens, Greece.
Lampis C StavrinouDepartment of Neurosurgery and Neurotraumatology, "Attikon" University General Hospital, Athens Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 12462 Athens, Greece.
Amanda PsyrriDepartment of Medical Oncology, Second Department of Internal Medicine, "Attikon" University General Hospital, Athens Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11528 Athens, Greece.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glioblastoma (GB) is the most common and most aggressive primary brain tumor in adults, with an overall survival almost 14.6 months. Optimal resection followed by combined temozolomide chemotherapy and radiotherapy, also known as Stupp protocol, remains the standard of treatment; nevertheless, resistance to temozolomide, which can be obtained throughout many molecular pathways, is still an unsurpassed obstacle. Several factors influence the efficacy of temozolomide, including the involvement of other DNA repair systems, aberrant signaling pathways, autophagy, epigenetic modifications, microRNAs, and extracellular vesicle production. The blood-brain barrier, which serves as both a physical and biochemical obstacle, the tumor microenvironment's pro-cancerogenic and immunosuppressive nature, and tumor-specific characteristics such as volume and antigen expression, are the subject of ongoing investigation. In this review, preclinical and clinical data about temozolomide resistance acquisition and possible ways to overcome chemoresistance, or to treat gliomas without restoration of chemosensitinity, are evaluated and presented. The objective is to offer a thorough examination of the clinically significant molecular mechanisms and their intricate interrelationships, with the aim of enhancing understanding to combat resistance to TMZ more effectively.

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chemoresistanceglioblastomasresistance mechanismstemozolomide resistancetherapeutic agents

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PMID38929657
PMCPMC11204771

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