ReviewCancers2023
The Extracellular Matrix in Glioblastomas: A Glance at Its Structural Modifications in Shaping the Tumoral Microenvironment-A Systematic Review.
Review in Cancers, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 51 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled 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.
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.
Who cites it
51 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Unlocking glioblastoma: breakthroughs in molecular mechanisms and next-generation therapies.Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) · 2025Pooled it
- RNA Expression Signatures in Glioblastoma: A Systematic Review of Tumour Biology and Therapeutic Targets.Oncology research · 2025Pooled it
- Glioblastoma invasion patterns from a clinical perspective-a systematic review.Neurosurgical review · 2024Pooled it
- Degradation fragments of Tau and type IV collagen as serum biomarkers in patients with recurrent glioblastoma treated with nivolumab and bevacizumab.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2025Trial
- Nanoparticle-Based delivery of proteasome inhibitors for glioblastoma Therapy: Strategies to overcome Blood-Brain barrier and therapeutic resistance.Biochemical pharmacology · 2026Review
- Matrix stress relaxation drives glioblastoma cell response in viscoelastic biomaterials.Science advances · 2026Article
- Multistage nanomedicine engineering to overcome sequential barriers to glioblastoma treatment: a review.Journal of nanobiotechnology · 2026Review
- MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry for Glioblastoma Secretome Biomarker Screening: A Review of Challenges and Perspectives.Current issues in molecular biology · 2026Review
- Elasticity-guided tumor resection: applying biomechanical information to neurosurgical practice.Acta neurochirurgica · 2026Review
- The Flavonoid Rutin Enhances Temozolomide Sensitivity in Glioblastoma Spheroids by Modulating Chemoresistance via PI3K/AKT, STAT3, Redox and Kynurenine Pathways, and Altering ECM Remodeling Associated with Reduced Migration.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Organoids to Model Tumor Microenvironment in Progression of Pathogenesis and Treatment Resistance in Glioblastoma Multiforme.Brain sciences · 2026Review
- Review
- The promising role of cathepsins as biomarkers and therapeutic targets in glioblastoma.Discover oncology · 2026Review
- Review
- Integrated 3D-QSAR and cellular profiling of sulfated and hydrophobic aminoglycoside glycans to modulate heparanase activity.Medicinal chemistry research : an international journal for rapid communications on design and mechanisms of action of biologically active agents · 2026Article
- Mechanotherapeutic Potential of Survivin in Glioblastoma.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Primary glioma cell culture: from monolayer to organoids.Protoplasma · 2026Review
- Cytoplasmic LIM domain only 2 enhances tumor endothelial cell migration through integrin β1-mediated focal adhesion signaling.Acta neuropathologica communications · 2026Article
- The Extracellular Matrix, the Silent 'Architect' of Glioma.Biomedicines · 2026Review
- Glutamate Drives Glioblastoma Invasion in Three-Dimensional Hyaluronic Acid Hydrogels.Tissue engineering. Part A · 2026Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
10 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
aimWhile many components of the ECM have been isolated and characterized, its modifications in the specific setting of GBMs have only been recently explored in the literature. The aim of this paper is to provide a systematic review on the topic and to assess the ECM's role in shaping tumoral development.
methodsAn online literature search was launched on PubMed/Medline and Scopus using the research string "((Extracellular matrix OR ECM OR matrix receptor OR matrix proteome) AND (glioblastoma OR GBM) AND (tumor invasion OR tumor infiltration))", and a systematic review was conducted in accordance with the PRISMA-P guidelines.
resultsThe search of the literature yielded a total of 693 results. The duplicate records were then removed (n = 13), and the records were excluded via a title and abstract screening; 137 studies were found to be relevant to our research question and were assessed for eligibility. Upon a full-text review, 59 articles were finally included and were summarized as follows based on their focus: (1) proteoglycans; (2) fibrillary proteins, which were further subdivided into the three subcategories of collagen, fibronectin, and laminins; (3) glycoproteins; (4) degradative enzymes; (5) physical forces; (6) and glioma cell and microglia migratory and infiltrative patterns.
conclusionsOur systematic review demonstrates that the ECM should not be regarded anymore as a passive scaffold statically contributing to mechanical support in normal and pathological brain tissue but as an active player in tumor-related activity.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What Socratic holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.