Sophie Heuer, Ina Burghaus, Maria Gose, Tobias Kessler, Felix Sahm, Philipp Vollmuth, Varun Venkataramani, Dirk Hoffmann, Matthias Schlesner, Miriam Ratliff, Carsten Hopf, Ulrich Herrlinger, Franz Ricklefs, Martin Bendszus, Sandro M Krieg, Antje Wick, Wolfgang Wick, Frank Winkler
BACKGROUND: Glioblastoma is the most frequent and a particularly malignant primary brain tumor with no efficacy-proven standard therapy for recurrence. It has recently been discovered that excitatory synapses of the AMPA-receptor subtype form between non-malignant brain neurons and tumor cells. This neuron-tumor network connectivity contributed to glioma progression and could be efficiently targeted with the EMA/FDA approved antiepileptic AMPA receptor inhibitor perampanel in preclinical studies...
January 26, 2024: BMC Cancer