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ReviewCellular & molecular immunology2024

Immunotherapy for glioblastoma: current state, challenges, and future perspectives.

Yang Liu, Fei Zhou, Heba Ali, Justin D Lathia, Peiwen Chen

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Review in Cellular & molecular immunology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 223 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

223 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Yang Liu *Department of Cancer Biology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, 44195, USA.ORCID 0009-0003-6585-0145
Fei Zhou *Department of Cancer Biology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, 44195, USA.
Heba AliDepartment of Neurological Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5535-7638
Justin D LathiaDepartment of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Sciences, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, 44195, USA.
Peiwen ChenDepartment of Cancer Biology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, 44195, USA. CHENP6@ccf.org.ORCID 0000-0002-8129-9328

Funding

Sex-specific differences in the tumor microenvironment alter glioblastoma growthP01CA245705 · NCI · CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COM-CWRU · PI Justin D. Lathia · 2020 to 2026
$15.0M
Contribution of Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells to Neuro-Inflammatory Alterations and Disease Progression in GlioblastomaR35NS127083 · NINDS · CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COM-CWRU · PI Justin D. Lathia · 2022 to 2026
$3.1M
Mechanism and therapeutic potential of microglia regulation in glioblastomaR01NS124594 · NINDS · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI Peiwen Chen · 2022 to 2026
$2.0M
Targeting macrophage reprogramming in glioblastomaR01NS127824 · NINDS · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI Peiwen Chen · 2023 to 2026
$1.6M
Mechanism and therapeutic potential of macrophage regulation in glioblastomaR00CA240896 · NCI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI CHEN, PEIWEN · 2020 to 2022
$663k
NCI NIH HHS P01 CA245705NCI NIH HHS R00 CA240896NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS124594NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS127824NINDS NIH HHS R35 NS127083U.S. Department of Defense (United States Department of Defense) W81XWH-21-1-0380
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glioblastoma (GBM) is an aggressive and lethal type of brain tumor in human adults. The standard of care offers minimal clinical benefit, and most GBM patients experience tumor recurrence after treatment. In recent years, significant advancements have been made in the development of novel immunotherapies or other therapeutic strategies that can overcome immunotherapy resistance in many advanced cancers. However, the benefit of immune-based treatments in GBM is limited because of the unique brain immune profiles, GBM cell heterogeneity, and immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment. In this review, we present a detailed overview of current immunotherapeutic strategies and discuss the challenges and potential molecular mechanisms underlying immunotherapy resistance in GBM. Furthermore, we provide an in-depth discussion regarding the strategies that can overcome immunotherapy resistance in GBM, which will likely require combination therapies.

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Brain NeoplasmsGlioblastomaImmunotherapyTumor MicroenvironmentAnimalsHumansAdoptive T-cell therapiesGlioblastomaImmune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs)Immunotherapy combinationOncolytic viral therapiesTumor vaccines

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PMID39406966
PMCPMC11607068

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