The Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Medical School, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
Cancer Invest. 2012 Jan;30(1):48-56. doi: 10.3109/07357907.2011.630050.
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most malignant and aggressive type of brain tumor with an average life expectancy of less than 15 months. This is mostly due to the highly mutated genome of GBM, which is characterized by the deregulation of many key signaling pathways involving growth, proliferation, survival, and apoptosis. It is critical to explore novel diagnostic and therapeutic strategies that target these pathways to improve the treatment of malignant glioma in the future. This review summarizes the most common and important pathways that are highly mutated or deregulated in GBM and discusses potential therapeutic strategies targeting these pathways.
多形性胶质母细胞瘤(GBM)是最恶性和侵袭性的脑肿瘤,平均预期寿命不到 15 个月。这主要是由于 GBM 高度突变的基因组,其特征是涉及生长、增殖、存活和凋亡的许多关键信号通路的失调。探索针对这些通路的新型诊断和治疗策略对于改善恶性胶质瘤的治疗至关重要。本综述总结了 GBM 中高度突变或失调的最常见和最重要的通路,并讨论了针对这些通路的潜在治疗策略。