Heparanase: A target for therapy of brain invasive tumors?

Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 459-463

  Marchetti, Dario ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Brain invasion and angiogenesis; Brain metastasis; Extracellular matrix degradation; Heparanase; Neurotrophins

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; HEPARAN SULFATE; HEPARANASE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN; PROTEOHEPARAN SULFATE;

BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER INVASION; CELL SURFACE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; MACROMOLECULE; MELANOMA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW;

EID: 0036308310     PISSN: 14737175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14737175.2.4.459     Document Type: Review

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