Maryam Rahman
Associate Professor/M.D. | University of Florida
Gainesville, FL, UNITED STATES
Dr. Maryam Rahman specializes in the treatment of patients with brain or spinal tumors.
Biography
Dr. Maryam Rahman specializes in the neurosurgical care of patients with brain tumors. Her translational lab focuses on immunotherapy for brain tumors. Dr. Rahman has an interest in novel treatment techniques, including laser interstitial thermotherapy, fluorescence-guided surgery, immunotherapy/vaccine therapy and awake cortical mapping during surgery. She works in the Preston A. Wells Jr. Center for Brain Tumor Therapy.
Areas of Expertise (9)
Craniotomy
Pituitary Tumors
Glioma
Neurosurgery
Brain Tumors
Immunotherapy
Novel Treatment Techniques
Skull Based Tumors
Brain Tumor Surgery
Articles (3)
Tumor Treating Fields dually activate STING and AIM2 inflammasomes to induce adjuvant immunity in glioblastoma
The Journal of Clinical InvestigationDongjiang Chen, et al.
2022-04-15
Tumor Treating Fields (TTFields), an approved therapy for glioblastoma (GBM) and malignant mesothelioma, employ noninvasive application of low-intensity, intermediate-frequency, alternating electric fields to disrupt the mitotic spindle, leading to chromosome missegregation and apoptosis. Emerging evidence suggests that TTFields may also induce inflammation. However, the mechanism underlying this property and whether it can be harnessed therapeutically are unclear.
Glioma Immunotherapy: Advances and Challenges for Spinal Cord Gliomas
NeurospineClare Grady, et al.
2022-03-19
Spinal cord gliomas are rare entities that often have limited surgical options. Immunotherapy has shown promise in intracranial gliomas with some research suggesting benefit for spinal cord gliomas. A focused review of immunotherapies that have been investigated in spinal cord gliomas was performed. The primary methods of immunotherapy investigated in spinal cord gliomas include immune checkpoint inhibitors, adoptive T-cell therapies, and vaccine strategies.
Slow-Cycling Cells in Glioblastoma: A Specific Population in the Cellular Mosaic of Cancer Stem Cells
CancersChanglin Yang, et al.
2022-02-23
Glioblastoma (GBM) exhibits populations of cells that drive tumorigenesis, treatment resistance, and disease progression. Cells with such properties have been described to express specific surface and intracellular markers or exhibit specific functional states, including being slow-cycling or quiescent with the ability to generate proliferative progenies. In GBM, each of these cellular fractions was shown to harbor cardinal features of cancer stem cells (CSCs).
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