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ReviewMolecular therapy. Nucleic acids2026

Pyroptosis as a novel therapeutic target in glioblastoma multiforme: Mechanisms, molecular insights, and therapeutic potential.

Shokooh Karimi, Ahmad Reza Dehpour, Mahmoudreza Hadjighassem, Alireza Khajehnasiri, Reza Atef Yekta, Mahnaz Aghaei, Hossein Majedi, Saereh Hosseindoost

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Review in Molecular therapy. Nucleic acids, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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8 authors.

Shokooh KarimiPain Research Center, Neuroscience Institute, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Ahmad Reza DehpourExperimental Medicine Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Mahmoudreza HadjighassemPain Research Center, Neuroscience Institute, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Alireza KhajehnasiriPain Research Center, Neuroscience Institute, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Reza Atef YektaPain Research Center, Neuroscience Institute, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Mahnaz AghaeiPain Research Center, Neuroscience Institute, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Hossein MajediPain Research Center, Neuroscience Institute, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Saereh HosseindoostPain Research Center, Neuroscience Institute, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most malignant type of primary brain tumor. Its clinical management is challenging due to its heterogeneity, highly malignant nature, and insensitivity to standard treatments. While current strategies for GBM treatments are based on inducing apoptosis in GBM cells, some GBM tumors showed resistance to this type of cell death. Recent evidence indicates that pyroptosis is a novel, promising therapeutic method for overcoming tumor cells' resistance to cancer treatment. This inflammatory programmed cell death type is mediated by the cleavage of gasdermin proteins. Based on the evidence, inducing pyroptosis is negatively associated with GBM growth and development; the exact molecular mechanisms and the signaling pathways underlying pyroptosis are not fully understood. This review presents the different pathways of pyroptosis and its role in GBM growth regulating and illustrates various drugs and components that modulate pyroptosis in GBM tumors. It also investigates the regulatory roles of noncoding RNAs in pyroptosis modulation in GBM tumors, providing promising therapeutic approaches that target pyroptosis as a novel strategy for GBM treatment.

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caspasegasderminglioblastoma multiformeinflammasomeMT: Oligonucleotides: Therapies and Applicationsnoncoding RNApyroptosistargeting treatment

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PMID42381706
PMCPMC13316622

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