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A comprehensive pharmacological survey across heterogeneous patient-derived glioblastoma stem cell models.

Richard J R Elliott, Peter W K Nagle, Muhammad Furqan, John C Dawson, Vanessa Smer-Barreto, Diego A Oyarzún, Aoife McCarthy, Alison F Munro, Camilla Drake, Gillian M Morrison and 6 more

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Article in iScience, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Richard J R ElliottCancer Research UK Scotland Centre (Edinburgh), Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK.
Peter W K NagleCancer Research UK Scotland Centre (Edinburgh), Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK.
Muhammad FurqanCancer Research UK Scotland Centre (Edinburgh), Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK.
John C DawsonCancer Research UK Scotland Centre (Edinburgh), Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK.
Vanessa Smer-BarretoCancer Research UK Scotland Centre (Edinburgh), Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK.
Diego A OyarzúnSchool of Informatics, University of Edinburgh, 10 Crichton Street, Edinburgh EH8 9AB, UK.
Aoife McCarthyCancer Research UK Scotland Centre (Edinburgh), Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK.
Alison F MunroCancer Research UK Scotland Centre (Edinburgh), Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK.
Camilla DrakeCancer Research UK Scotland Centre (Edinburgh), Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK.
Gillian M MorrisonInstitute of Regeneration and Repair, Cancer Research UK Scotland Centre, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH16 4UU, UK.
Steven M PollardInstitute of Regeneration and Repair, Cancer Research UK Scotland Centre, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH16 4UU, UK.
Michael MarandCancer Research UK Scotland Centre (Edinburgh), Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK.
Daniel EbnerNuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Old Road Campus, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK.
Valerie G BruntonCancer Research UK Scotland Centre (Edinburgh), Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK.
Margaret C FrameCancer Research UK Scotland Centre (Edinburgh), Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK.
Neil O CarragherCancer Research UK Scotland Centre (Edinburgh), Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The lack of advancement in the treatment of glioblastoma (GBM) over the past two decades calls for more innovation to address the inter- and intra-patient heterogeneity confounding modern target-directed drug discovery strategies. In this study, we incorporate a panel of patient-derived GBM stem cell lines into an automated and unbiased "cell painting" assay to quantify multiple GBM stem cell phenotypes. By screening several compound libraries, followed by dose-response validation of hit compounds, we present a comprehensive survey of distinct pharmacological classes and druggable targets upon multiple GBM stem cell phenotypes. We further characterize two validated target classes, histone deacetylase and cyclin dependent kinase inhibitors. We demonstrate that unbiased Cell Painting phenotypic screening is a productive approach to identifying new targets, drug classes and future drug combinations that address the heterogeneity of GBM. We provide all GBM cell painting data for each compound perturbation for the research community to explore further.

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PMID42205701
PMCPMC13207355

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