The perivascular niche microenvironment in brain tumor progression

Cell Cycle

Volumn 9, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 3084-3093

  Charles, Nikki ^a   Holland, Eric C ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Cancer stem like cells; Glioblastoma; Microenvironment; Perivascular niche

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC GMP; NITRIC OXIDE; NOTCH RECEPTOR; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE B; WNT PROTEIN;

ASTROCYTE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER STEM CELL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL POPULATION; CELL TYPE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FIBROBLAST; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY; NONHUMAN; PERICYTE; PHENOTYPE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 77956803700     PISSN: 15384101     EISSN: 15514005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cc.9.15.12710     Document Type: Review

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