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  1. Article ; Online: MISEV2023: Shaping the Future of EV Research by Enhancing Rigour, Reproducibility and Transparency.

    Samuels, Mark / Giamas, Georgios

    Cancer gene therapy

    2024  

    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-03-14
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 1212513-1
    ISSN 1476-5500 ; 0929-1903
    ISSN (online) 1476-5500
    ISSN 0929-1903
    DOI 10.1038/s41417-024-00759-7
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  2. Article ; Online: Cancer Gene Therapy: vision and strategy for the new decade.

    Giamas, Georgios

    Cancer gene therapy

    2020  Volume 27, Issue 3-4, Page(s) 115

    MeSH term(s) Genetic Therapy/methods ; Genetic Therapy/trends ; Humans ; Neoplasms/genetics ; Neoplasms/therapy ; Publishing/organization & administration ; Publishing/trends ; Social Media/trends
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-01-21
    Publishing country England
    Document type Editorial
    ZDB-ID 1212513-1
    ISSN 1476-5500 ; 0929-1903
    ISSN (online) 1476-5500
    ISSN 0929-1903
    DOI 10.1038/s41417-020-0169-8
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  3. Article ; Online: Estrogen receptor status heterogeneity in breast cancer tumor: role in response to endocrine treatment.

    Malavasi, Eleonora / Giamas, Georgios / Gagliano, Teresa

    Cancer gene therapy

    2023  Volume 30, Issue 7, Page(s) 932–935

    Abstract: Tumor heterogeneity affects diagnosis, prognosis and response to therapy. Heterogeneity is found in both normal and neoplastic human mammary gland. Indeed, luminal ER-negative cells can give rise to various phenotypes, including ER-negative and ER- ... ...

    Abstract Tumor heterogeneity affects diagnosis, prognosis and response to therapy. Heterogeneity is found in both normal and neoplastic human mammary gland. Indeed, luminal ER-negative cells can give rise to various phenotypes, including ER-negative and ER-positive mammary tumors. As a result, the tumor phenotype does not necessarily reflects the cell of origin of cancer. With regard to the ER status, heterogeneity can challenge endocrine therapies, where the elimination of responsive clones could lead to reduced treatment efficacy and tumor relapse through the expansion of the resistant clones. The aim of this study was to investigate breast tumor heterogeneity and its role in endocrine resistance onset. For this purpose, we used ER
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Humans ; Female ; Breast Neoplasms/drug therapy ; Breast Neoplasms/genetics ; Breast Neoplasms/metabolism ; Receptors, Estrogen/genetics ; Receptors, Estrogen/metabolism ; Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms/drug therapy ; Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms/genetics ; Cell Line, Tumor ; Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/genetics ; Prognosis ; Mammary Neoplasms, Animal/genetics ; Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
    Chemical Substances Receptors, Estrogen
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-04-21
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1212513-1
    ISSN 1476-5500 ; 0929-1903
    ISSN (online) 1476-5500
    ISSN 0929-1903
    DOI 10.1038/s41417-023-00618-x
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  4. Article ; Online: Cancer gene therapy 2020: highlights from a challenging year.

    Giamas, Georgios / Gagliano, Teresa

    Cancer gene therapy

    2021  Volume 29, Issue 1, Page(s) 1–3

    MeSH term(s) Genes, Neoplasm ; Humans ; Neoplasms/genetics ; Neoplasms/therapy
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-05-07
    Publishing country England
    Document type Editorial
    ZDB-ID 1212513-1
    ISSN 1476-5500 ; 0929-1903
    ISSN (online) 1476-5500
    ISSN 0929-1903
    DOI 10.1038/s41417-021-00340-6
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  5. Article: Decoding the Tumour Microenvironment: Molecular Players, Pathways, and Therapeutic Targets in Cancer Treatment.

    Malavasi, Eleonora / Adamo, Manuel / Zamprogno, Elisa / Vella, Viviana / Giamas, Georgios / Gagliano, Teresa

    Cancers

    2024  Volume 16, Issue 3

    Abstract: The tumour microenvironment (TME) is a complex and constantly evolving collection of cells and extracellular components. Cancer cells and the surrounding environment influence each other through different types of processes. Characteristics of the TME ... ...

    Abstract The tumour microenvironment (TME) is a complex and constantly evolving collection of cells and extracellular components. Cancer cells and the surrounding environment influence each other through different types of processes. Characteristics of the TME include abnormal vasculature, altered extracellular matrix, cancer-associated fibroblast and macrophages, immune cells, and secreted factors. Within these components, several molecules and pathways are altered and take part in the support of the tumour. Epigenetic regulation, kinases, phosphatases, metabolic regulators, and hormones are some of the players that influence and contribute to shaping the tumour and the TME. All these characteristics contribute significantly to cancer progression, metastasis, and immune escape, and may be the target for new approaches for cancer treatment.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-01-31
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 2527080-1
    ISSN 2072-6694
    ISSN 2072-6694
    DOI 10.3390/cancers16030626
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  6. Article ; Online: Extracellular Vesicles as Mediators of Therapy Resistance in the Breast Cancer Microenvironment.

    Samuels, Mark / Cilibrasi, Chiara / Papanastasopoulos, Panagiotis / Giamas, Georgios

    Biomolecules

    2022  Volume 12, Issue 1

    Abstract: Resistance to various therapies, including novel immunotherapies, poses a major challenge in the management of breast cancer and is the leading cause of treatment failure. Bidirectional communication between breast cancer cells and the tumour ... ...

    Abstract Resistance to various therapies, including novel immunotherapies, poses a major challenge in the management of breast cancer and is the leading cause of treatment failure. Bidirectional communication between breast cancer cells and the tumour microenvironment is now known to be an important contributor to therapy resistance. Several studies have demonstrated that crosstalk with the tumour microenvironment through extracellular vesicles is an important mechanism employed by cancer cells that leads to drug resistance via changes in protein, lipid and nucleic acid cargoes. Moreover, the cargo content enables extracellular vesicles to be used as effective biomarkers for predicting response to treatments and as potential therapeutic targets. This review summarises the literature to date regarding the role of extracellular vesicles in promoting therapy resistance in breast cancer through communication with the tumour microenvironment.
    MeSH term(s) Breast Neoplasms/drug therapy ; Breast Neoplasms/metabolism ; Cell Communication ; Drug Resistance ; Extracellular Vesicles/metabolism ; Female ; Humans ; Neoplasms/metabolism ; Tumor Microenvironment
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-01-14
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Review
    ZDB-ID 2701262-1
    ISSN 2218-273X ; 2218-273X
    ISSN (online) 2218-273X
    ISSN 2218-273X
    DOI 10.3390/biom12010132
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  7. Article: Incorporating Immunotherapy in the Management of Gastric Cancer: Molecular and Clinical Implications.

    Agnarelli, Alessandro / Vella, Viviana / Samuels, Mark / Papanastasopoulos, Panagiotis / Giamas, Georgios

    Cancers

    2022  Volume 14, Issue 18

    Abstract: Gastric cancer has a median survival of 11 months, and this poor prognosis has not improved over the last 30 years. Recent pre-clinical data suggest that there is high tumour-related neoantigen expression in gastric cancer cells, suggesting that a ... ...

    Abstract Gastric cancer has a median survival of 11 months, and this poor prognosis has not improved over the last 30 years. Recent pre-clinical data suggest that there is high tumour-related neoantigen expression in gastric cancer cells, suggesting that a clinical strategy that enhances the host's immune system against cancer cells may be a successful approach to improve clinical outcomes. Additionally, there has been an increasing amount of translational evidence highlighting the relevance of PD-L1 expression in gastric cancer cells, indicating that PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors may be useful. Several molecular subgroups of gastric cancer have been identified to respond with excellent outcomes to immunotherapy, including microsatellite instable tumours, tumours bearing a high tumour mutational burden, and tumours related to a chronic EBV infection. In gastric cancer, immunotherapy has produced durable responses in chemo-refractory patients; however, most recently there has been a lot of enthusiasm as several large-scale clinical trials highlight the improved survival noted from the incorporation of immunotherapy in the first line setting for advanced gastric cancer. Our review aims to discuss current pre-clinical and clinical data supporting the innovative role of immunotherapy in gastric cancer.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-09-08
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 2527080-1
    ISSN 2072-6694
    ISSN 2072-6694
    DOI 10.3390/cancers14184378
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  8. Article ; Online: Shooting the messenger: a systematic review investigating extracellular vesicle isolation and characterisation methods and their influence on understanding extracellular vesicles-radiotherapy interactions in glioblastoma.

    Robinson, Stephen David / Samuels, Mark / Jones, William / Gilbert, Duncan / Critchley, Giles / Giamas, Georgios

    BMC cancer

    2023  Volume 23, Issue 1, Page(s) 939

    Abstract: Background: Extracellular vesicles (EVs) hold promise for improving our understanding of radiotherapy response in glioblastoma due to their role in intercellular communication within the tumour microenvironment (TME). However, methodologies to study EVs ...

    Abstract Background: Extracellular vesicles (EVs) hold promise for improving our understanding of radiotherapy response in glioblastoma due to their role in intercellular communication within the tumour microenvironment (TME). However, methodologies to study EVs are evolving with significant variation within the EV research community.
    Methods: We conducted a systematic review to critically appraise EV isolation and characterisation methodologies and how this influences our understanding of the findings from studies investigating radiotherapy and EV interactions in glioblastoma. 246 articles published up to 24/07/2023 from PubMed and Web of Science were identified using search parameters related to radiotherapy, EVs, and glioblastoma. Two reviewers evaluated study eligibility and abstracted data.
    Results: In 26 articles eligible for inclusion (16 investigating the effects of radiotherapy on EVs, five investigating the effect of EVs on radiation response, and five clinical studies), significant heterogeneity and frequent omission of key characterisation steps was identified, reducing confidence that the results are related to EVs and their cargo as opposed to co-isolated bioactive molecules. However, the results are able to clearly identify interactions between EVs and radiotherapy bi-directionally within different cell types within the glioblastoma TME. These interactions facilitate transferable radioresistance and oncogenic signalling, highlighting that EVs are an important component in the variability of glioblastoma radiotherapy response.
    Conclusions: Future multi-directional investigations interrogating the whole TME are required to improve subsequent clinical translation, and all studies should incorporate up to date controls and reporting requirements to increase the validity of their findings. This would be facilitated by increased collaboration between less experienced and more experienced EV research groups.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Glioblastoma/pathology ; Signal Transduction ; Cell Communication ; Extracellular Vesicles/metabolism ; Tumor Microenvironment
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-10-05
    Publishing country England
    Document type Systematic Review ; Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2041352-X
    ISSN 1471-2407 ; 1471-2407
    ISSN (online) 1471-2407
    ISSN 1471-2407
    DOI 10.1186/s12885-023-11437-6
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  9. Article ; Online: The role of non-coding RNAs in extracellular vesicles in breast cancer and their diagnostic implications.

    Samuels, Mark / Jones, William / Towler, Benjamin / Turner, Charlotte / Robinson, Stephen / Giamas, Georgios

    Oncogene

    2023  Volume 42, Issue 41, Page(s) 3017–3034

    Abstract: Breast Cancer (BC) is the most common form of cancer worldwide, responsible for 25% of cancers in women. Whilst treatment is effective and often curative in early BC, metastatic disease is incurable, highlighting the need for early detection. Currently, ... ...

    Abstract Breast Cancer (BC) is the most common form of cancer worldwide, responsible for 25% of cancers in women. Whilst treatment is effective and often curative in early BC, metastatic disease is incurable, highlighting the need for early detection. Currently, early detection relies on invasive procedures, however recent studies have shown extracellular vesicles (EVs) obtained from liquid biopsies may have clinical utility. EVs transport diverse bioactive cargos throughout the body, play major roles in intercellular communication and, importantly, mirror their cell of origin. In cancer cells, EVs alter the behaviour of the tumour microenvironment (TME), forming a bridge of communication between cancerous and non-cancerous cells to alter all aspects of cancer progression, including the formation of a pre-metastatic niche. Through gene regulatory frameworks, non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) modulate vital molecular and cellular processes and can act as both tumour suppressors and oncogenic drivers in various cancer types. EVs transport and protect ncRNAs, facilitating their use clinically as liquid biopsies for early BC detection. This review summarises current research surrounding ncRNAs and EVs within BC, focusing on their roles in cancer progression through bi-directional communication with the microenvironment and their diagnostic implications. The role of EV ncRNAs in breast cancer. A representation of the different EV ncRNAs involved in tumourigenic processes in breast cancer. Pro-tumourigenic ncRNAs displayed in green and ncRNAs which inhibit oncogenic processes are shown in red.
    MeSH term(s) Female ; Humans ; Breast Neoplasms/diagnosis ; Breast Neoplasms/genetics ; Carcinogenesis ; Cell Transformation, Neoplastic ; Cell Communication/genetics ; Extracellular Vesicles/genetics ; Tumor Microenvironment/genetics
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-09-05
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Review ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 639046-8
    ISSN 1476-5594 ; 0950-9232
    ISSN (online) 1476-5594
    ISSN 0950-9232
    DOI 10.1038/s41388-023-02827-y
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  10. Article ; Online: Design and reporting of phase III oncology trials with prospective biomarker validation.

    Liang, Fei / Peng, Ling / Wu, Zhengyu / Giamas, Georgios / Stebbing, Justin

    Journal of the National Cancer Institute

    2022  Volume 115, Issue 2, Page(s) 174–180

    Abstract: Background: Phase III trials with prospective biomarker validation are essential to drug development in the era of personalized oncology. However, concerns have emerged regarding the design and reporting of phase III trials with prospective biomarker ... ...

    Abstract Background: Phase III trials with prospective biomarker validation are essential to drug development in the era of personalized oncology. However, concerns have emerged regarding the design and reporting of phase III trials with prospective biomarker validation.
    Methods: We searched MEDLINE for phase III oncology trials with prospective biomarker validation published in high-impact medical journals from 2011 to 2020. Information regarding trial design and reporting were extracted. Descriptive methods were used to summarize the results.
    Results: We identified 45 phase III trials with prospective biomarker validation. There was a trend for increasing use of biomarker validation phase III trials (from 1 trial in 2011 to 12 trials in 2020). For 39 (86.7%) trials, results in biomarker-negative population were either listed as an exploratory subgroup analysis (62.2%) or not mentioned in the methods (24.4%). Twenty-one (46.7%) trials were originally designed without biomarker validation but were then apparently modified to incorporate prospective biomarker validation after trial commencement, albeit only 15 (33.3%) trials reported this change. Treatment effect and primary outcome values in biomarker-negative patients were not reported in 24.4% and 40.0% trials, respectively. For 18 trials with statistically significant results in the overall population, only 7 trials reported a hazard ratio less than 0.8 in the biomarker-negative population.
    Conclusions: Although biomarker validation in phase III trials have been increasingly used in the past decade, issues regarding changes in trial design after commencement without disclosure, underreporting of results in biomarker-negative groups, and recommending treatment in biomarker negative groups despite modest effects require substantial improvement.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Biomarkers ; Disclosure ; Drug Development ; Medical Oncology/methods ; Neoplasms/therapy ; Clinical Trials, Phase II as Topic
    Chemical Substances Biomarkers
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-11-30
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2992-0
    ISSN 1460-2105 ; 0027-8874 ; 0198-0157
    ISSN (online) 1460-2105
    ISSN 0027-8874 ; 0198-0157
    DOI 10.1093/jnci/djac210
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