Only in congenial soil: The microenvironment in brain tumorigenesis

Brain Pathology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 144-149

  Rubin, Joshua B ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain tumors; CXCL12; CXCR4; Microenvironment; Mouse models; Stroma

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; BASAL CELL NEVUS SYNDROME; BRAIN CANCER; BRAIN TUMORIGENESIS; CANCER MODEL; CARCINOGENESIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE MUTATION; GLIOMA; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MICROENVIRONMENT; MOUSE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NF1 GENE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE; PTC GENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; TRP53 GENE; TUMOR GROWTH;

ANIMALS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 57449090014     PISSN: 10156305     EISSN: 17503639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3639.2008.00235.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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