Immunotherapy of malignant gliomas: a modern view on the problem

Malignant gliomas are one of the most common brain tumors in adults arising from glial cells with an extremely poor prognosis. Generally, therapy of malignant gliomas consists of radical surgical removal followed by radio- and/or chemotherapy. However, prognosis of the disease remains unfavorable.Th...

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Main Authors: А. А. Pichugin, R. R. Kovyazina, А. Trondin, А. G. Alekseev, P. B. Kopnin, T. V. Gessel, S. V. Boichuk
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author А. А. Pichugin
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А. G. Alekseev
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description Malignant gliomas are one of the most common brain tumors in adults arising from glial cells with an extremely poor prognosis. Generally, therapy of malignant gliomas consists of radical surgical removal followed by radio- and/or chemotherapy. However, prognosis of the disease remains unfavorable.The review presents main clinical, morphological and molecular characteristics of gliomas, their prognostic significance and role in the choice of targeted therapy based on using tyrosine kinase inhibitors and/or monoclonal antibodies. The current aspects of immunotherapy of gliomas (i.e., activation of immune cells, or blockage of immunosuppressive signaling) are discussed in detail. One of the well-known approaches of cancer immunotherapy is based on immune checkpoint inhibitors. These drugs might be effective in treatment of malignant gliomas overexpressing the molecules that suppress immune cells functions. Another promising approach of gliomas immunotherapy is based on genetically modified CAR-T cells (CAR – chimeric antigen receptor) which might identify and eliminate cancer cells. Cytokine therapy is also perspective treatment approach, as well as gene therapy which is associated with editing viral genes for production of oncolytic viruses used as anticancer vaccines. Vaccines are being developed to generate the specific antibodies recognized cancer cells and thereby stimulate the immune system to identify and destroy tumor cells.Despite the promising potential of various gliomas immunotherapy methods, most of them are at different stages of preclinical and clinical trials. Some of them demonstrate promising results and good perspective for the further use to treat glioma patients.
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spelling doaj-art-6a63b2f5bb9040209105f1009b29617c2025-08-20T04:00:15ZrusABV-pressУспехи молекулярной онкологии2313-805X2413-37872024-12-01114234010.17650/2313-805X-2024-11-4-23-40347Immunotherapy of malignant gliomas: a modern view on the problemА. А. Pichugin0R. R. Kovyazina1А. Trondin2А. G. Alekseev3P. B. Kopnin4T. V. Gessel5S. V. Boichuk6Kazan State Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia; Interregional Clinical Diagnostic CenterDuke Kunshan UniversityHospital Clínico San CarlosKazan State Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia; Interregional Clinical Diagnostic CenterCarcinogenesis Institute of the N.N. Blokhin National Medical Research Center of Oncology, Ministry of Health of RussiaKazan State Medical University, Ministry of Health of RussiaKazan State Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia; Russian Medical Academy of Continuous Professional EducationMalignant gliomas are one of the most common brain tumors in adults arising from glial cells with an extremely poor prognosis. Generally, therapy of malignant gliomas consists of radical surgical removal followed by radio- and/or chemotherapy. However, prognosis of the disease remains unfavorable.The review presents main clinical, morphological and molecular characteristics of gliomas, their prognostic significance and role in the choice of targeted therapy based on using tyrosine kinase inhibitors and/or monoclonal antibodies. The current aspects of immunotherapy of gliomas (i.e., activation of immune cells, or blockage of immunosuppressive signaling) are discussed in detail. One of the well-known approaches of cancer immunotherapy is based on immune checkpoint inhibitors. These drugs might be effective in treatment of malignant gliomas overexpressing the molecules that suppress immune cells functions. Another promising approach of gliomas immunotherapy is based on genetically modified CAR-T cells (CAR – chimeric antigen receptor) which might identify and eliminate cancer cells. Cytokine therapy is also perspective treatment approach, as well as gene therapy which is associated with editing viral genes for production of oncolytic viruses used as anticancer vaccines. Vaccines are being developed to generate the specific antibodies recognized cancer cells and thereby stimulate the immune system to identify and destroy tumor cells.Despite the promising potential of various gliomas immunotherapy methods, most of them are at different stages of preclinical and clinical trials. Some of them demonstrate promising results and good perspective for the further use to treat glioma patients.https://umo.abvpress.ru/jour/article/view/727gliomaglioblastomabrain tumortargeted therapyimmunotherapycytokine therapygene therapy
spellingShingle А. А. Pichugin
R. R. Kovyazina
А. Trondin
А. G. Alekseev
P. B. Kopnin
T. V. Gessel
S. V. Boichuk
Immunotherapy of malignant gliomas: a modern view on the problem
Успехи молекулярной онкологии
glioma
glioblastoma
brain tumor
targeted therapy
immunotherapy
cytokine therapy
gene therapy
title Immunotherapy of malignant gliomas: a modern view on the problem
title_full Immunotherapy of malignant gliomas: a modern view on the problem
title_fullStr Immunotherapy of malignant gliomas: a modern view on the problem
title_full_unstemmed Immunotherapy of malignant gliomas: a modern view on the problem
title_short Immunotherapy of malignant gliomas: a modern view on the problem
title_sort immunotherapy of malignant gliomas a modern view on the problem
topic glioma
glioblastoma
brain tumor
targeted therapy
immunotherapy
cytokine therapy
gene therapy
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