They demonstrated that in the absence of SERT, antidepressants accumulate gradually in the plasma membrane microdomains
of glioma cells.
Through a variety of preclinical experiments, the team demonstrated that increasing the expression of miR - 184 slows the growth and invasive characteristics
of glioma cells through direct regulation of SND1.
Research ROS accumulation and IGF - IR inhibition contribute to fenofibrate / PPARα - mediated inhibition
of Glioma cell motility in vitro.
Not exact matches
A paper he published early this year in the Journal
of Clinical Oncology describes a dendritic
cell vaccine in advanced
glioma, an aggressive form
of brain cancer.
«Our study suggests that ALDH1A3 is a potentially functional biomarker for mesenchymal
glioma stem
cells, and that inhibiting that enzyme might offer a promising therapeutic approach for high - grade
gliomas that have a mesenchymal signature,» says principal investigator Ichiro Nakano, MD, PhD, associate professor
of neurosurgery at the OSUCCC — James.
And in May, a week after Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy was diagnosed with a
glioma, The EMR Policy Institute, a Marshfield, Vt. — based nonprofit organization that supports research on the effects
of electromagnetic radiation, released a statement linking his tumor to heavy
cell phone use.
«Overall, our data suggest that a novel signaling mechanism underlies the transformation
of proneural
glioma stem
cells to mesenchymal - like
cells and their maintenance as stem - like
cells,» Nakano says.
There is plenty
of anecdotal evidence out there claiming a link between
cell phone use and cancer: Keith Black, chairman
of neurosurgery at Cedars - Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, says that the brain cancer (malignant
glioma) that killed O. J. Simpson's attorney, Johnnie Cochran, was the result
of frequent
cell phone use, based on the fact that the tumor developed on the side
of the head against which he held his phone.
Inhibiting ALDH1A3 - mediated pathways slows the growth
of mesenchymal
glioma stem
cells and might provide a promising therapeutic approach for glioblastomas with a mesenchymal signature.
Mesenchymal
glioma stem
cells show significantly higher radiation resistance and high expression
of DNA - repair genes;
Now, Johns Hopkins researchers report they have used nanoparticles to successfully deliver a new therapy to
glioma cells in the brains
of rats, prolonging their lives.
Of the 297, 127 people had glioblastoma and 170 had a lower grade glioma, which is also a tumor of glial cells, but less aggressive than glioblastom
Of the 297, 127 people had glioblastoma and 170 had a lower grade
glioma, which is also a tumor
of glial cells, but less aggressive than glioblastom
of glial
cells, but less aggressive than glioblastoma.
In a new study published in Scientific Reports, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU)- led researchers investigated photodynamic detection
of cancer stem
cells in a
glioma cell line, a model
of a highly aggressive type
of brain cancer.
They identified a subpopulation
of glioma stem
cells, which, unlike most
glioma cells, did not accumulate substantial amounts
of fluorescent product during photodynamic detection.
Dr. Berens also is Director
of the Cancer and
Cell Biology Division and head
of the
Glioma Research Lab at TGen.
The results suggest the simultaneous activation
of certain molecular pathways — actions among molecules in a
cell that can lead to change — in particular the MAPK and PI3K cellular pathways, triggered tumor initiation and produced increasingly dense low - grade
gliomas that quickly progressed to glioblastoma multiforme (GBM).
They confirmed low levels
of miR - 184 expression in human
glioma tissue samples and cultured
cell lines as well as an increase in the expression
of SND1 compared to normal brain tissue.
Small numbers
of glioma stem - like
cells, or GSCs, drive the tumorigenicity
of GBM and thus are prime targets for possible treatments.
They then conducted biochemical analyses to identify neuroligin - 3, confirm that the protein could stimulate tumor growth in cultured samples
of several kinds
of human high - grade
gliomas and study which signals the protein uses within
glioma cells to promote their growth.
Gαs went from lipid rafts to nonraft regions
of the plasma membrane in the
glioma cells, which enhanced its signaling ability.
There are different types
of glioma, classified according to an established system based on which
cell type the tumor arises from.
«We showed that the probe is equally capable
of detecting invasive cancer
cells from all grades
of invasive
gliomas,» says Dr. Petrecca.
Dr. Sloan said that since a single tumor may contain different pools
of glioma stem
cells, combined targeting should be considered for the pathways and stem
cells.
But the addition
of rapamycin to immunotherapy even for a short while also allowed the rodents to develop tumor - specific memory CD8 + T
cells that remember the specific «signature»
of the
glioma tumor
cells and attacked them swiftly when a tumor was introduced into the brain again.
«Areas
of glioblastoma tumors correlate with separate subtypes
of glioma stem
cells.»
«Conversely, the necrotic part
of the tumor is driven by a distinct set
of glioma stem
cells utilizing the BIM1 pathway and are characterized by a mesenchymal, inflammatory
cell type dependent on glucose metabolism in the absence
of oxygen.
«Inhibition
of the EZH2 pathway slows growth
of tumors in mouse brain derived from
glioma stem
cells from the enhancing margin
of human tumors.
They will follow this approach to design a novel treatment plan by rationally combining gemcitabine with
cell cycle checkpoint inhibitor, oxygen - enrich gas inhalation, and radiotherapy to significantly inhibit the growth
of aggressive
glioma.
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Brain Tumor, Pediatric High Grade
Gliomas, Histones, Epigenome, Cancer Genomics, Giant
Cell Tumors
of the Bone, Animal Models
«This is exciting because it's the first animal model
of pediatric high - grade
gliomas, or malignant brain tumors,» says Maria Castro, Ph.D., senior author
of the paper and a professor in the departments
of Neurosurgery and
Cell and Developmental Biology at U-M.
Reykjavik, ICELAND, 25 September 2011 — Scientists at deCODE Genetics and academic collaborators from Iceland, The Netherlands, Spain, Denmark, Germany, Sweden, the USA, the UK and Romania today report the discovery
of a variant in the sequence
of the human genome associated with risk
of developing basal
cell carcinoma
of the skin (BCC), as well as prostate cancer and
glioma, the most serious form
of brain cancer.
Molecular testing: Some primary brain tumors, including some
of the most common types
of gliomas, are defined by their key molecular features resulting from tumor
cell mutations.
Human
glioma cells expressing human CD4, infected with an amphotropic retrovirus encoding the cDNA
of the CD4 message.
Infects human brain primary
glioma explant
cells, producing persistant low levels
of virus.
Bradykinin enhances invasion
of malignant
glioma into the brain parenchyma by inducing
cells to undergo amoeboid migration.
Quantitative analysis
of mitotic Olig2
cells in adult human brain and
gliomas: implications for
glioma histogenesis and biology.
Simona thinks that this
cell biological approach could help make sense
of the heterogeneity
of gliomas and improve our understanding
of invasion overall: «These are key questions — we need to know how invasion is driven as it could have profound implications for therapy».
Gliomas, which originate in glial
cells that support and protect neurons, account for about 70 %
of brain cancers.
A phase 1 trial
of a dendritic
cell (DC) vaccine administered with imiquimod, a TLR7 agonist that stimulates the innate immune system, for patients with malignant
glioma and glioblastoma (NCT01808820).
Now researchers at SciLifeLab have shown that one and the same
cell of origin can give rise to different types
of glioma.
U-M's internationally renowned Translational Neuro - Oncology Laboratory generates novel primary
cell cultures from pediatric and adult
glioma tissue samples to study mechanisms
of glioma growth and targeted treatment response.
Of great interest, stem - like
cells have also been discovered in some cultured cancer
cell lines, including
glioma (22, 23), ovarian (24, 25), liver (26), and prostate (27 — 29) cancer
cells.
Glioma stem
cells (GSCs) are a subpopulation
of cells that contribute to tumor progression.
Man J, Shoemake S, Zhou W, Fang X, Wu Q, Rizzo A, Prayson R, Bao S, Rich JN, Yu JS, Sema3C Promotes The Survival and Tumorigenicity
of Glioma Stem
Cells Through Rac1 Activation.
Hypoxic Induction
of Vasorin Regulates Notch1 Turnover to Maintain
Glioma Stem - Like
Cells.
They found that the exposed rats were more likely to develop cancers, specifically malignant
gliomas — a tumor
of glial
cells in the brain — and tumors in the heart.
2014 — Pathophysiology publishes a follow - up study to the Swedish study noting that the odds
of developing a malignant and highly lethal brain cancer called
glioma rose concurrently with increased
cell phone use.
Gliomas arise from the supporting
cells of the brain (glial
cells) and include astrocytomas and oligodendrogliomas.
Glioma - These tumors arise from the supporting
cells of the brain and include astrocytomas, oligodendrogliomas, glioblastoma multiforme and ependymomas.