The brain-penetrating CXCR4 antagonist, PRX177561, increases the antitumor effects of bevacizumab and sunitinib in preclinical models of human glioblastoma

Abstract Background Glioblastoma recurrence after treatment with the anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) antibody bevacizumab is characterized by a highly infiltrative and malignant behavior that renders surgical excision and chemotherapy ineffective. It has been demonstrated that anti-VE...

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Main Authors: Giovanni Luca Gravina, Andrea Mancini, Francesco Marampon, Alessandro Colapietro, Simona Delle Monache, Roberta Sferra, Flora Vitale, Peter J. Richardson, Lee Patient, Stephen Burbidge, Claudio Festuccia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-01-01
Series:Journal of Hematology & Oncology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13045-016-0377-8