• Patient-derived organoids and orthotopic xenografts of primary and recurrent gliomas represent relevant patient avatars for precision oncology 

      Golebiewska, Anna; Hau, Ann-Christin; Oudin, Anaïs; Stieber, Daniel; Yabo, Yahaya A.; Baus, Virginie; Barthelemy, Vanessa; Klein, Eliane; Bougnaud, Sébastien; Keunen, Olivier; Wantz, May; Michelucci, Alessandro; Neirinckx, Virginie; Muller, Arnaud; Kaoma, Tony; Nazarov, Petr V.; Azuaje, Francisco; De Falco, Alfonso; Flies, Ben; Richart, Lorraine; Poovathingal, Suresh K; Arns, Thais; Grzyb, Kamil; Mock, Andreas; Herold-Mende, Christel; Steino, Anne; Brown, Dennis; May, Patrick; Miletic, Hrvoje; Malta, Tathiane M.; Noushmehr, Houtan; Kwon, Yong-Jun; Jahn, Winnie; Klink, Barbara; Tanner, Georgette; Stead, Lucy F.; Mittelbronn, Michel; Skupin, Alexander; Hertel, Frank; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Niclou, Simone Pierrette (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Patient-based cancer models are essential tools for studying tumor biology and for the assessment of drug responses in a translational context. We report the establishment a large cohort of unique organoids and patient-derived ...
    • PMEPA1 isoform a drives progression of glioblastoma by promoting protein degradation of the Hippo pathway kinase LATS1 

      Ji, Jianxiong; Ding, Kaikai; Luo, Tao; Xu, Ran; Zhang, Xin; Huang, Bin; Chen, An-Jing; Zhang, Di; Miletic, Hrvoje; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Thorsen, Frits; Wang, Jian; Li, Xingang (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      The Hippo signaling pathway controls organ development and is also known, in cancer, to have a tumor suppressing role. Within the Hippo pathway, we here demonstrate, in human gliomas, a functional interaction of a transmembrane ...
    • Pretreatment of glioblastoma with bortezomib potentiates natural killer cell cytotoxicity through TRAIL/DR5 mediated apoptosis and prolongs animal survival 

      Gras Navarro, Andrea; Espedal, Heidi; Vareecal Joseph, Justin; Moncho, Laura Trachsel; Bahador, Marzieh; Gjertsen, Bjørn Tore; Kristoffersen, Einar Klæboe; Simonsen, Anne; Miletic, Hrvoje; Enger, Per Øyvind; Rahman, Mohummad Aminur; Enger, Martha Chekenya (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-07-17)
      Background: Natural killer (NK) cells are potential effectors in anti-cancer immunotherapy; however only a subset potently kills cancer cells. Here, we examined whether pretreatment of glioblastoma (GBM) with the proteasome ...
    • Quality indicators and early adverse in surgery for atypical meningiomas: A 16-year single centre study and systematic review of the literature 

      Schipmann, Stephanie; Sletvold, Truls P.; Wollertsen, Yvonne; Schwake, Michael; Raknes, Ingrid Cecilie; Miletic, Hrvoje; Mahesparan, Rupavathana (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Introduction Atypical meningiomas represent approximately 20% of all intracranial meningiomas and are characterized by distinct histopathological criteria and an increased risk of postoperative recurrence. Recently, ...
    • Refining the Role of Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Kinases in Glioblastoma Development 

      Larrieu, Claire M.; Storevik, Simon Humberto; Guyon, Joris; Pagano Zottola, Antonio C.; Bouchez, Cyrielle L.; Derieppe, Marie-Alix; Tan, Tuan Zea; Miletic, Hrvoje; Lorens, James; Tronstad, Karl Johan; Daubon, Thomas; Røsland, Gro Vatne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Glioblastoma (GB) are the most frequent brain cancers. Aggressive growth and limited treatment options induce a median survival of 12–15 months. In addition to highly proliferative and invasive properties, GB cells show ...
    • A reproducible brain tumour model established from human glioblastoma biopsies 

      Wang, Jian; Miletic, Hrvoje; Sakariassen, Per Øystein; Huszthy, Peter Csaba; Jacobsen, Hege; Brekkå, Narve; Li, Xingang; Zhao, Peng; Mørk, Sverre; Chekenya, Martha; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Enger, Per Øyvind (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2009-12-29)
      Background: Establishing clinically relevant animal models of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) remains a challenge, and many commonly used cell line-based models do not recapitulate the invasive growth patterns of patient ...
    • Sequential bortezomib and temozolomide treatment promotes immunological responses in glioblastoma patients with positive clinical outcomes: A phase 1B study 

      Rahman, Mohummad Aminur; Brekke, Jorunn; Arnesen, Victoria Smith; Hannisdal, Marianne; Navarro, Andrea Gras; Waha, Andreas; Herfindal, Lars; Rygh, Cecilie Brekke; Bratland, Eirik; Brandal, Petter; Haász, Judit; Oltedal, Leif; Miletic, Hrvoje; Lundervold, Arvid; Lie, Stein Atle; Goplen, Dorota; Chekenya, Martha (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Background Glioblastoma (GBM) is an aggressive malignant brain tumor where median survival is approximately 15 months after best available multimodal treatment. Recurrence is inevitable, largely due to O6 methylguanine ...
    • Suicide gene therapy for the treatment of high-grade glioma: past lessons, present trends, and future prospects 

      Hossain, Jubayer; Marchini, Antonio; Fehse, Boris; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Miletic, Hrvoje (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Suicide gene therapy has represented an experimental cancer treatment modality for nearly 40 years. Among the various cancers experimentally treated by suicide gene therapy, high-grade gliomas have been the most prominent ...
    • Surgical debulking promotes recruitment of macrophages and triggers glioblastoma phagocytosis in combination with CD47 blocking immunotherapy 

      Zhu, Huaiyang; Leiss, Lina Wik; Yang, Ning; Rygh, Cecilie Brekke; Mitra, Siddharta S.; Cheshier, Samuel H.; Weissman, Irving L.; Huang, Bin; Miletic, Hrvoje; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Enger, Per Øyvind; Li, Xingang; Wang, Jian (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)
      Surgical resection is a standard component of treatment in the clinical management of patients with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). However, experimental therapies are rarely investigated in the context of tumor debulking ...
    • Survival in a consecutive series of 467 glioblastoma patients: Association with prognostic factors and treatment at recurrence at two independent institutions 

      Blakstad, Hanne Kristin; Brekke, Jorunn; Rahman, Mohummad Aminur; Arnesen, Victoria Smith; Miletic, Hrvoje; Brandal, Petter; Lie, Stein Atle; Enger, Martha; Goplen, Dorota (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023-02-02)
      Therapy of recurrent glioblastoma (GBM) is challenging due to lack of standard treatment. We investigated physicians’ treatment choice at recurrence and prognostic and predictive factors for survival in GBM patients from ...
    • Targeting APLN/APLNR improves antiangiogenic efficiency and blunts proinvasive side effects of VEGFA/VEGFR2 blockade in glioblastoma 

      Mastrella, Giorgia; Hou, Mengzhuo; Li, Min; Stöcklein, Veit M.; Zdouc, Nina; Volmar, Marie N.M.; Miletic, Hrvoje; Reinhard, Sören; Herold-Mende, Christel C.; Kleber, Susanne; Eisenhut, Katharina; Gargiulo, Gaetano; Synowitz, Michael; Vescovi, Angelo L.; Harter, Patrick N.; Penninger, Josef M.; Wagner, Ernst; Mittelbronn, Michel; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Hambardzumyan, Dolores; Schüller, Ulrich; Tonn, Jörg Christian; Radke, Josefine; Glass, Rainer; Kälin, Roland E. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Antiangiogenic therapy of glioblastoma (GBM) with bevacizumab, a VEGFA-blocking antibody, may accelerate tumor cell invasion and induce alternative angiogenic pathways. Here we investigate the roles of the proangiogenic ...
    • Targeting the NG2/CSPG4 Proteoglycan Retards Tumour Growth and Angiogenesis in Preclinical Models of GBM and Melanoma 

      Wang, Jian; Svendsen, Agnete; Kmiecik, Justyna; Immervoll, Heike; Skaftnesmo, Kai Ove; Planagumà, Jesús; Reed, Rolf K.; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Miletic, Hrvoje; Enger, Per Øyvind; Rygh, Cecilie Brekke; Chekenya, Martha (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011-07-29)
      Aberrant expression of the progenitor marker Neuron-glia 2 (NG2/CSPG4) or melanoma proteoglycan on cancer cells and angiogenic vasculature is associated with an aggressive disease course in several malignancies including ...
    • Therapeutic Effect of Cabazitaxel and Blood-Brain Barrier opening in a Patient-Derived Glioblastoma Model 

      Sulheim, Einar; Mørch, Ýrr Asbjørg; Snipstad, Sofie; Borgos, Sven Even F.; Miletic, Hrvoje; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Davies, Catharina de Lange; Åslund, Andreas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-02-07)
      Treatment of glioblastoma and other diseases in the brain is especially challenging due to the blood-brain barrier, which effectively protects the brain parenchyma. In this study we show for the first time that cabazitaxel, ...
    • Therapeutic implications of altered cholesterol homeostasis mediated by loss of CYP46A1 in human glioblastoma 

      Han, Mingzhi; Wang, Shuai; Yang, Ning; Wang, Xu; Zhao, Wenbo; Sdik Saed, Halala; Daubon, Thomas; Huang, Bin; Chen, Anjing; Li, Gang; Miletic, Hrvoje; Thorsen, Frits; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Li, Xingang; Wang, Jian (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-11-28)
      Dysregulated cholesterol metabolism is a hallmark of many cancers, including glioblastoma (GBM), but its role in disease progression is not well understood. Here, we identified cholesterol 24‐hydroxylase (CYP46A1), a ...
    • Tumor-associated macrophages in gliomas—basic insights and treatment opportunities 

      Andersen, Johannes Kaasa; Miletic, Hrvoje; Hossain, Md Jubayer al (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Glioma refers to a group of primary brain tumors which includes glioblastoma (GBM), astrocytoma and oligodendroglioma as major entities. Among these, GBM is the most frequent and most malignant one. The highly infiltrative ...
    • Tumour-associated glial host cells display a stem-like phenotype with a distinct gene expression profile and promote growth of GBM xenografts 

      Leiss, Lina Wik; Mutlu, Ercan; Øyan, Anne Margrete; Yan, Tao; Tsinkalovsky, Oleg; Sleire, Linda; Petersen, Kjell; Rahman, Mohummad Aminur; Johannessen, Mireille Kayitesi; Mitra, Siddharta S.; Jacobsen, Hege; Talasila, Krishna Mukharji; Miletic, Hrvoje; Jonassen, Inge; Li, Xingang; Brons, Nicolas H.C.; Kalland, Karl-Henning; Wang, Jian; Enger, Per Øyvind (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-02-07)
      Background: Little is known about the role of glial host cells in brain tumours. However, supporting stromal cells have been shown to foster tumour growth in other cancers. Methods: We isolated stromal cells from patient-derived ...