The astrocytic response towards invasive meningiomas

Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 163-168

  Zeltner, L ^a   Schittenhelm, J ^a   Mittelbronn, M ^a   Roser, F ^a   Tatagiba, M ^a   Mawrin, C ^b   Kim, Y J ^c   Bornemann, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Basement membrane; Brain invasion; CD44; Extracellular matrix; Reactive astrocytosis; SPARC; Tumour cell migration

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HERMES ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MENINGIOMA; PARENCHYMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33847753952     PISSN: 03051846     EISSN: 13652990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2990.2006.00792.x     Document Type: Article

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