Role of inflammation and oxidative stress mediators in Gliomas

Cancers

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 693-712

  Conti, Alfredo ^a   Gulì, Carlo ^a   la Torre, Domenico ^a   Tomasello, Chiara ^a   Angileri, Filippo F ^a   Aguennouz, M'Hammed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Glioma; Inflammation; Nuclear factor kappab; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

CELECOXIB; CHEMOKINE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; CYCLOOXYGENASE 3; E 6087; E 6132; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; MELOXICAM; MICRORNA; N (2 CYCLOHEXYLOXY 4 NITROPHENYL)METHANESULFONAMIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; PROSTAGLANDIN; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN TISSUE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER INVASION; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL AGING; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA METHYLATION; GENE MUTATION; GLIOMA; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT;

EID: 79952258027     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/cancers2020693     Document Type: Review

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