Tumor initiating cells in malignant gliomas: Biology and implications for therapy

Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 363-374

  Hadjipanayis, Costas G ^a   Van Meir, Erwin G ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain cancer; Cancer stem cells; Central nervous system; Glioblastoma

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR; BEVACIZUMAB; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; CARMUSTINE; CEDIRANIB; CISPLATIN; CYTARABINE; NANOPARTICLE; PEPTIDE VACCINE; TEMOZOLOMIDE;

ADENOVIRUS; CANCER STEM CELL; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL RENEWAL; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; GLIOBLASTOMA; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELL; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; ONCOLYTIC VIROTHERAPY; REVIEW; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR INITIATING CELL;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL LINEAGE; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASTIC STEM CELLS; NEURONS; STEM CELLS;

EID: 64149101418     PISSN: 09462716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00109-009-0440-9     Document Type: Review

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