title: Immune therapeutic targeting of glioma cancer stem cells.
abstract: Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is a lethal cancer that responds poorly to radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Glioma cancer stem cells (gCSCs) have been shown to recapitulate the characteristic features of GBM and to mediate chemotherapy and radiation resistance. Immunotherapeutic targeting of this cell population holds therapeutic promise but must be considered in the context of the immunosuppressive properties mediated by the gCSC. Recent findings have indicated that this goal will be challenging because the gCSC can suppress both the innate and adaptive immune systems by a variety of gCSC-secreted products and cell-membrane interactions. In this review article, we will attempt to reconcile the disparate research findings regarding the potential of immune targeting of the gCSC and propose several novel solutions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Unit 442, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030-4009, USA.
authors.forename: Mustafa Aziz
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Hatiboglu
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Adam Sauh Gee
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Amy B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Heimberger
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology / Q000628:therapy*; D005910:Glioma / Q000276:immunology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014411:Neoplastic Stem Cells / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents