The elephant in the room: Do microRNA-based therapies have a realistic chance of succeeding for brain tumors such as glioblastoma?

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 429-436

  Purow, Benjamin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Delivery; Glioblastoma; Glioma; MicroRNA

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; MICRORNA 21; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TEMOZOLOMIDE; VIRUS VECTOR;

BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER RESISTANCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; MODELS, MOLECULAR;

EID: 79959808781     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-010-0449-5     Document Type: Review

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