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ReviewActa neuropathologica communications2025

Beyond the brain: exploring the impact of animal models of leptomeningeal disease from solid tumors.

Jillyn R Turunen, Priya Kumthekar, Atique U Ahmed

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Review in Acta neuropathologica communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Jillyn R TurunenDepartment of Neurological Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 676 North St. Clair Street, Suite 2210, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA.
Priya Kumthekar *Northwestern Medicine Malnati Brain Tumor Institute of the Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, USA. Priya.Kumthekar@nm.org.
Atique U Ahmed *Department of Neurological Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 676 North St. Clair Street, Suite 2210, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA. atique.ahmed@northwestern.edu.

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
Cellular Plasticity and equilibrium in GBM ProgressionR01NS096376 · NINDS · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI Atique U. Ahmed · 2017 to 2026
$3.9M
Role of purine metabolism in chemoresistanceR01NS112856 · NINDS · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI AHMED, ATIQUE U. · 2019 to 2023
$1.7M
NCI NIH HHS P50 CA221747NIH HHS 1R01NS096376NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS096376NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS112856
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Leptomeningeal disease (LMD) is a devastating manifestation of late-stage cancer which currently suffers from a lack of effective therapeutics. Unfortunately, a significant obstacle preventing the widespread development and testing of therapeutics for LMD is the lack of biologically accurate animal models. We provide overviews of six types of animal models of leptomeningeal metastasis from solid tumors: injection of tumor cells into the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), blood, or brain parenchyma; subcutaneous or mammary fat pad injection of tumor cells; the LeptoM/LM-phenotype model; and genetic manipulation. We identify the pros and cons of each model and suggest broad areas of future research that could improve each model in terms of its similarity to human LMD.

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Disease Models, AnimalMeningeal CarcinomatosisMeningeal NeoplasmsAnimalsBrainHumansAnimal modelCerebrospinal fluidCSFLeptomeningeal diseaseLeptomeningeal metastasisLMD

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PMID40383789
PMCPMC12087207

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