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ReviewApoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death2026

Enhancing the efficacy of VEGF inhibitors by co-inhibition of HIF in the treatment of glioblastoma.

Emirhan Harbi, Yasemin Yozgat Byrne, Hamza Ugur Bozbey, Didem Tastekin, Oral Oncul, Soha Hosseiny, Duha Yahya, Ozcan Yildiz, Murat Erdogan, Abdul Kadir Slocum and 2 more

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Review in Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Emirhan HarbiDepartment of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Bahcesehir University, 34353, Istanbul, Turkey. emirhan.harbi@bahcesehir.edu.tr.ORCID 0009-0005-9260-8316
Yasemin Yozgat ByrneResearch Institute for Health Sciences and Technologies (SABITA), Cancer Research Center, Istanbul Medipol University, 34956, Istanbul, Turkey.
Hamza Ugur BozbeyDepartment of Clinical Oncology, Institute of Oncology, Istanbul University, 34093, Istanbul, Turkey.
Didem TastekinDepartment of Clinical Oncology, Institute of Oncology, Istanbul University, 34093, Istanbul, Turkey.
Oral OnculDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Internal Medicine, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, 34093, Istanbul, Turkey.
Soha HosseinyComputational Biology and Molecular Simulations Laboratory (HITMER), Department of Biophysics, School of Medicine, Bahcesehir University, 34734, Istanbul, Turkey.
Duha YahyaBasaksehir Cam and Sakura City Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
Ozcan YildizDepartment of Medical Oncology, Biruni University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
Murat ErdoganDepartment of Orthopaedics and Traumatology Surgery, Medical Faculty, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun, Turkey.
Abdul Kadir SlocumMedical Oncology, ChemoThermia Oncology Center, 34365, Istanbul, Turkey.
Christopher E MasonDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, 10065, USA.
Michael AschnerDepartment of Molecular Pharmacology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY, 10461, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glioblastoma is the most aggressive and most common grade 4 tumor of the central nervous system (CNS). Despite standard treatments such as surgical resection and chemoradiotherapy, overall survival (OS) usually does not exceed 14-16 months in clinical trials, and no improvement in OS has been demonstrated even with the use of vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGFA) inhibitors such as bevacizumab. In response to radiotherapy, hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) stabilization leads to activation of alternative pro-angiogenic pathways, increasing VEGF expression and tumor angiogenesis. Several clinical trials evaluating HIF-2α inhibitors as monotherapy in the absence of concurrent VEGF inhibition, have similarly failed to demonstrate a significant improvement in OS outcomes. This review provides a perspective on the combined use of VEGF and HIF inhibitors, and provides an insight into future studies.

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Angiogenesis InhibitorsBasic Helix-Loop-Helix ProteinsBrain NeoplasmsGlioblastomaVascular Endothelial Growth Factor AAnimalsEndothelial PAS Domain-Containing Protein 1HumansHypoxia-Inducible Factor 1Neovascularization, PathologicAngiogenesis InhibitorsBasic Helix-Loop-Helix ProteinsEndothelial PAS Domain-Containing Protein 1Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor AVEGFA protein, humanGlioblastomaHIFMolecular biology of glioblastomaTreatment resistanceVEGF

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