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ReviewMolecular cancer2025

Glioblastoma multiforme: insights into pathogenesis, key signaling pathways, and therapeutic strategies.

Ashkan Pouyan, Masoud Ghorbanlo, Masoud Eslami, Majid Jahanshahi, Ehsan Ziaei, Ali Salami, Khatere Mokhtari, Koorosh Shahpasand, Najma Farahani, Tohid Emami Meybodi and 4 more

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Review in Molecular cancer, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 174 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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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

174 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Ashkan PouyanDepartment of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran.
Masoud GhorbanloDepartment of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Masoud EslamiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
Majid JahanshahiDepartment of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Ehsan ZiaeiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Ali SalamiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Khatere MokhtariDepartment of Cell and Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Faculty of Biological Science and Technology, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran.
Koorosh ShahpasandFarhikhtegan Medical Convergence Sciences Research Center, Farhikhtegan Hospital Tehran Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
Najma FarahaniFarhikhtegan Medical Convergence Sciences Research Center, Farhikhtegan Hospital Tehran Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
Tohid Emami MeybodiNeuroscience Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. tohid.emami@sbmu.ac.ir.
Maliheh EntezariFarhikhtegan Medical Convergence Sciences Research Center, Farhikhtegan Hospital Tehran Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
Afshin TaheriazamFarhikhtegan Medical Convergence Sciences Research Center, Farhikhtegan Hospital Tehran Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran. a.taheriazam@iautmu.ac.ir.
Kiavash HushmandiFarhikhtegan Medical Convergence Sciences Research Center, Farhikhtegan Hospital Tehran Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran. houshmandi.kia7@ut.ac.ir.
Mehrdad HashemiFarhikhtegan Medical Convergence Sciences Research Center, Farhikhtegan Hospital Tehran Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran. mhashemi@iautmu.ac.ir.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most prevalent and aggressive primary brain tumor in adults, characterized by a poor prognosis and significant resistance to existing treatments. Despite progress in therapeutic strategies, the median overall survival remains approximately 15 months. A hallmark of GBM is its intricate molecular profile, driven by disruptions in multiple signaling pathways, including PI3K/AKT/mTOR, Wnt, NF-κB, and TGF-β, critical to tumor growth, invasion, and treatment resistance. This review examines the epidemiology, molecular mechanisms, and therapeutic prospects of targeting these pathways in GBM, highlighting recent insights into pathway interactions and discovering new therapeutic targets to improve patient outcomes.

Indexed as

Brain NeoplasmsGlioblastomaSignal TransductionAnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsHumansMolecular Targeted TherapyAntineoplastic AgentsGlioblastoma multiformeMolecular mechanismsSignaling pathwaysTargeted therapyTherapeutic resistance

Identifiers

PMID40011944
PMCPMC11863469

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