02 / 14 / 2017
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most aggressive primary brain tumor. Despite multimodal treatment strategies with surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy, the prognosis of GBM patients remains dismal. GBM are characterized by a high immune cells infiltration including myeloid derived suppressor cells (MDSCs), microglia or regulatory T cells (Tregs), all of them contributing to the creation of an immunosuppressive micro-environment. While manipulating the immune system to restore its anti-tumor activity have shown efficacy in many cancers, immunotherapy figures as an attractive therapeutic option for glioblastoma and several clinical trials are currently ongoing.