Effects of N-6 essential fatty acids on glioma invasion and growth: Experimental studies with glioma spheroids in collagen gels

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 989-996

  Bell, Helen S ^b   Wharton, Stephen B ^b   Leaver, H Anne ^b   Whittle, Ian R ^a  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Essential fatty acid proliferation apoptosis; Gamma linolenic acid; Glioma spheroid; Tumor cell invasion

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN GEL; CYCLINE; DEOXYURIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE DERIVATIVE; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID; GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER INVASION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; GLIOMA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR SPHEROID;

EID: 0032735995     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1999.91.6.0989     Document Type: Article

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