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Tumour treating fields in a combinational therapeutic approach (2018)
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Branter, J., Basu, S., & Smith, S. (2018). Tumour treating fields in a combinational therapeutic approach. Oncotarget, 9(93), 36631-36644. https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.26344

© Branter et al. The standard of care for patients with newly diagnosed Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) has remained unchanged since 2005, with patients undergoing maximal surgical resection, followed by radiotherapy plus concomitant and maintenance Te... Read More about Tumour treating fields in a combinational therapeutic approach.

The invasive region of glioblastoma defined by 5ALA guided surgery has an altered cancer stem cell marker profile compared to central tumour (2017)
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Smith, S. J., Diksin, M., Chhaya, S., Sairam, S., Estevez-Cebrero, M. A., & Rahman, R. (2017). The invasive region of glioblastoma defined by 5ALA guided surgery has an altered cancer stem cell marker profile compared to central tumour. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 18(11), https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms18112452

Glioblastoma, a WHO grade IV astrocytoma, is a highly aggressive and heterogeneous tumour that infiltrates deeply into surrounding brain parenchyma, making complete surgical resection impossible. Despite chemo-radiotherapy, the residual cell populati... Read More about The invasive region of glioblastoma defined by 5ALA guided surgery has an altered cancer stem cell marker profile compared to central tumour.

The molecular and phenotypic basis of the glioma invasive perivascular niche (2017)
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Diksin, M., Smith, S. J., & Rahman, R. (2017). The molecular and phenotypic basis of the glioma invasive perivascular niche. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 18(11), Article 2342. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms18112342

Gliomas are devastating brain cancers that have poor prognostic outcomes for their patients. Short overall patient survival is due to a lack of durable, efficacious treatment options. Such therapeutic difficulties exist, in part, due to several gliom... Read More about The molecular and phenotypic basis of the glioma invasive perivascular niche.

MicroRNA regulation of glycolytic metabolism in glioblastoma multiforme (2017)
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Alfardus, H., McIntyre, A., & Smith, S. J. (2017). MicroRNA regulation of glycolytic metabolism in glioblastoma multiforme. BioMed Research International, 2017, https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/9157370

Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most aggressive and common malignant brain and central nervous system tumour. A well-known hallmark of GMB, and many other tumours, is aerobic glycolysis. microRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of short non-protein coding... Read More about MicroRNA regulation of glycolytic metabolism in glioblastoma multiforme.

Aerial wetting contact angle measurement using confocal microscopy (2016)
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Chesna, J. W., Wiedmaier, B. F., Wang, J., Samara, A., Leach, R. K., Her, T.-H., & Smith, S. T. (in press). Aerial wetting contact angle measurement using confocal microscopy. Measurement Science and Technology, 27(12), https://doi.org/10.1088/0957-0233/27/12/125202

A method is presented in which the wetting contact angle of a sessile drop is acquired aerially using confocal techniques to measure the radius and the height of a droplet deposited on a planar surface. The repeatability of this method is typically l... Read More about Aerial wetting contact angle measurement using confocal microscopy.

Endothelial-like malignant glioma cells in dynamic three dimensional culture identifies a role for VEGF and FGFR in a tumor-derived angiogenic response (2015)
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Smith, S. J., Ward, J. H., Tan, C., Grundy, R. G., & Rahman, R. (2015). Endothelial-like malignant glioma cells in dynamic three dimensional culture identifies a role for VEGF and FGFR in a tumor-derived angiogenic response. Oncotarget, 6(26), 22191-22205. https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.4339

Aims: Recent studies have observed that cells from high-grade glial tumors are capable of assuming an endothelial phenotype and genotype, a process termed ‘vasculogenic mimicry’ (VM). Here we model and manipulate VM in dynamic 3-dimensional (3D) glio... Read More about Endothelial-like malignant glioma cells in dynamic three dimensional culture identifies a role for VEGF and FGFR in a tumor-derived angiogenic response.

Surgical delivery of drug releasing poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid)/poly(ethylene glycol) paste with in vivo effects against glioblastoma (2014)
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Smith, S. J., Rahman, C. V., Ritchie, A. A., Gould, T. W., Ward, J. H., Shakesheff, K. M., …Clarke, P. A. (2014). Surgical delivery of drug releasing poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid)/poly(ethylene glycol) paste with in vivo effects against glioblastoma. Annals of The Royal College of Surgeons of England, 96(7), 495-501. https://doi.org/10.1308/003588414X13946184903568

Introduction: The median survival of patients with glioblastoma multiforme (astrocytoma grade 4) remains less than 18 months despite radical surgery, radiotherapy and systemic chemotherapy. Surgical implantation of chemotherapy eluting wafers into th... Read More about Surgical delivery of drug releasing poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid)/poly(ethylene glycol) paste with in vivo effects against glioblastoma.

RHPS4 G-quadruplex ligand induces anti-proliferative effects in brain tumor cells (2014)
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Lagah, S., Tan, I.-L., Radhakrishnan, P., Hirst, R. A., Ward, J. H., O'Callaghan, C., …Rahman, R. (2014). RHPS4 G-quadruplex ligand induces anti-proliferative effects in brain tumor cells. PLoS ONE, 9(1), Article e86187. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0086187

Background Telomeric 3’ overhangs can fold into a four-stranded DNA structure termed G-quadruplex (G4), a formation which inhibits telomerase. As telomerase activation is crucial for telomere maintenance in most cancer cells, several classes of G4... Read More about RHPS4 G-quadruplex ligand induces anti-proliferative effects in brain tumor cells.

Recapitulation of tumor heterogeneity and molecular signatures in a 3D brain cancer model with decreased sensitivity to histone deacetylase inhibition (2012)
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Smith, S. J., Wilson, M., Ward, J. H., Rahman, C. V., Peet, A. C., Macarthur, D. C., …Rahman, R. (2012). Recapitulation of tumor heterogeneity and molecular signatures in a 3D brain cancer model with decreased sensitivity to histone deacetylase inhibition. PLoS ONE, 7(12), Article e52335. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0052335

INTRODUCTION Physiologically relevant pre-clinical ex vivo models recapitulating CNS tumor micro-environmental complexity will aid development of biologically-targeted agents. We present comprehensive characterization of tumor aggregates generated... Read More about Recapitulation of tumor heterogeneity and molecular signatures in a 3D brain cancer model with decreased sensitivity to histone deacetylase inhibition.

CD105 (Endoglin) exerts prognostic effects via its role in the microvascular niche of paediatric high grade glioma (2012)
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in the microvascular niche of paediatric high grade glioma. Acta Neuropathologica, 124(1), https://doi.org/10.1007/s00401-012-0952-1

Paediatric high grade glioma (pHGG) (World Health Organisation astrocytoma grades III and IV) remains poor prognosis tumours, with a median survival of only 15 months following diagnosis. Current investigation of anti-angiogenic strategies has focuse... Read More about CD105 (Endoglin) exerts prognostic effects via its role in the microvascular niche of paediatric high grade glioma.

Antiangiogenic therapy and mechanisms of tumor resistance in malignant glioma (2010)
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Rahman, R., Smith, S., Rahman, C., & Grundy, R. (2010). Antiangiogenic therapy and mechanisms of tumor resistance in malignant glioma. Journal of Oncology, 2010, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1155/2010/251231

Despite advances in surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapeutics, patients with malignant glioma have a dismal prognosis. The formations of aberrant tumour vasculature and glioma cell invasion are major obstacles for effective treatment. Angioge... Read More about Antiangiogenic therapy and mechanisms of tumor resistance in malignant glioma.