Screening for tumor microtube-targeting drugs identifies PKC modulators as multipotent inhibitors of glioblastoma progression

Glioblastomas are incurable primary brain tumors that depend on neural-like cellular processes, tumor microtubes (TM), to invade the brain. TMs also interconnect single tumor cells to a communicating multicellular network that resists current therapies. In this study, we developed a combined, compre...

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Main Authors: Domínguez Azorín, Daniel (Author) , Hoffmann, Dirk C. (Author) , Hebach, Nils R. (Author) , Jung, Erik (Author) , Hausmann, David (Author) , Ratliff, Miriam (Author) , Hai, Ling (Author) , Horschitz, Sandra (Author) , Jabali, Ammar (Author) , Osswald, Matthias (Author) , Karreman, Matthia A. (Author) , Kessler, Tobias (Author) , Wendler, Susann (Author) , Mayer, Chanté D. (Author) , Löb, Cathrin (Author) , Lehnert, Pascal (Author) , Cebulla, Gina (Author) , Reibold, Denise (Author) , Khajuria, Rajiv K. (Author) , Bordignon, Pino (Author) , Moor, Andreas E. (Author) , Holland-Letz, Tim (Author) , Reckless, Jill (Author) , Ramsden, Nigel (Author) , Grainger, David (Author) , Kreshuk, Anna (Author) , Koch, Philipp (Author) , Wick, Wolfgang (Author) , Heuer, Sophie (Author) , Winkler, Frank (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 1 February 2026
In: Cancer discovery
Year: 2026, Volume: 16, Issue: 2, Pages: 367-390
ISSN:2159-8290
DOI:10.1158/2159-8290.CD-24-0414
Online Access:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1158/2159-8290.CD-24-0414
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Author Notes:Daniel D. Azorín, Dirk C. Hoffmann, Nils R. Hebach, Erik Jung, David Hausmann, Miriam Ratliff, Ling Hai, Sandra Horschitz, Ammar Jabali, Matthias Osswald, Matthia A. Karreman, Tobias Kessler, Susann Wendler, Chanté D. Mayer, Cathrin Löb, Pascal Lehnert, Gina Cebulla, Denise Reibold, Rajiv K. Khajuria, Pino Bordignon, Andreas E. Moor, Tim Holland-Letz, Jill Reckless, Nigel Ramsden, David Grainger, Anna Kreshuk, Philipp Koch, Wolfgang Wick, Sophie Heuer, and Frank Winkler

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