In recent years, research on brain cancers has turned towards the study of the interplay between the tumor and its host, the normal brain. Starting from the establishment of a parallelism between neurogenesis and gliomagenesis, the influence of neuronal activity on the development of brain tumors, particularly gliomas, has been partially unveiled. Notably, direct electrochemical synapses between neurons and glioma cells have been identified, paving the way for new approaches for the cure of brain cancers. Since this novel field of study has been defined “cancer neuroscience”, anticancer therapeutic approaches exploiting these discoveries can be referred to as “cancer neuromodulation”. In the present review, we provide an up-to-date description of the novel findings and of the therapeutic neuromodulation perspectives in cancer neuroscience. We focus both on more traditional oncologic approaches, aimed at modulating the major pathways involved in cancer neuroscience through drugs or genetic engineering techniques, and on electric stimulation proposals; the latter is at the cutting-edge of neuro-oncology.
D'Alessandris, Q. G., Menna, G., Izzo, A., D'Ercole, M., Della Pepa, G. M., Lauretti, L., Pallini, R., Olivi, A., Montano, N., Neuromodulation for Brain Tumors: Myth or Reality? A Narrative Review, <<INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES>>, 2023; 24 (14): 11738-N/A. [doi:10.3390/ijms241411738] [https://hdl.handle.net/10807/269640]
Neuromodulation for Brain Tumors: Myth or Reality? A Narrative Review
D'Alessandris, Quintino Giorgio;Menna, Grazia;D'Ercole, Manuela;Della Pepa, Giuseppe Maria;Lauretti, Liverana;Pallini, Roberto;Olivi, Alessandro;Montano, Nicola
2023
Abstract
In recent years, research on brain cancers has turned towards the study of the interplay between the tumor and its host, the normal brain. Starting from the establishment of a parallelism between neurogenesis and gliomagenesis, the influence of neuronal activity on the development of brain tumors, particularly gliomas, has been partially unveiled. Notably, direct electrochemical synapses between neurons and glioma cells have been identified, paving the way for new approaches for the cure of brain cancers. Since this novel field of study has been defined “cancer neuroscience”, anticancer therapeutic approaches exploiting these discoveries can be referred to as “cancer neuromodulation”. In the present review, we provide an up-to-date description of the novel findings and of the therapeutic neuromodulation perspectives in cancer neuroscience. We focus both on more traditional oncologic approaches, aimed at modulating the major pathways involved in cancer neuroscience through drugs or genetic engineering techniques, and on electric stimulation proposals; the latter is at the cutting-edge of neuro-oncology.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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