The role of ion channels in the hypoxia-induced aggressiveness of glioblastoma

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue JAN, 2015, Pages

  Sforna, Luigi ^a   Cenciarini, Marta ^a   Belia, Silvia ^a   D’Adamo, Maria Cristina ^a   Pessia, Mauro ^a   Franciolini, Fabio ^a   Catacuzzeno, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aggressiveness; Cancer; Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM); Hypoxia; Ion channels

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM CHANNEL T TYPE; CARMUSTINE; CONNEXIN 43; DOXORUBICIN; HEME OXYGENASE 2; ION CHANNEL; MESSENGER RNA; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE PROTEIN 1; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BAX 2; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN KINASE B; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; STROMAL INTERACTION MOLECULE 1; TEMOZOLOMIDE; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL 6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANILLOID RECEPTOR 1;

AGGRESSIVENESS; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN HYPOXIA; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DEATH; CELL INVASION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; GAP JUNCTION; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RADIOSENSITIVITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

EID: 84920996823     PISSN: 16625102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2014.00467     Document Type: Article

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