Evidence map›Paper›PMID 26880988›Full record

ReviewStem cells international2016

Glioma Stem Cells: Signaling, Microenvironment, and Therapy.

Brandon D Liebelt, Takashi Shingu, Xin Zhou, Jiangong Ren, Seul A Shin, Jian Hu

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In one paragraph

Review in Stem cells international, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 112 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
112citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
14.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

112 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 184 citations in OpenAlex.

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  13. Immunotherapy in Glioblastoma: An Overview of Current Status.Clinical pharmacology : advances and applications · 2025
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  17. Effects of dopamine receptor antagonists and radiation on mouse neural stem/progenitor cells.Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology · 2024
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52 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Brandon D LiebeltDepartment of Neurosurgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Department of Neurosurgery, Houston Methodist Neurological Institute, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Takashi ShinguDepartment of Cancer Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Xin ZhouDepartment of Cancer Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Jiangong RenDepartment of Cancer Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Seul A ShinDepartment of Cancer Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Jian HuDepartment of Cancer Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · US

Funding

Tumor Evolution and Metastasis ProgramP30CA016672 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI DIANE BODURKA · 1985 to 2026
$290.8M
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glioblastoma remains the most common and devastating primary brain tumor despite maximal therapy with surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation. The glioma stem cell (GSC) subpopulation has been identified in glioblastoma and likely plays a key role in resistance of these tumors to conventional therapies as well as recurrent disease. GSCs are capable of self-renewal and differentiation; glioblastoma-derived GSCs are capable of de novo tumor formation when implanted in xenograft models. Further, GSCs possess unique surface markers, modulate characteristic signaling pathways to promote tumorigenesis, and play key roles in glioma vascular formation. These features, in addition to microenvironmental factors, present possible targets for specifically directing therapy against the GSC population within glioblastoma. In this review, the authors summarize the current knowledge of GSC biology and function and the role of GSCs in new vascular formation within glioblastoma and discuss potential therapeutic approaches to target GSCs.

Identifiers

PMID26880988
PMCPMC4736567
OpenAlexW2224717864

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