The brain metastatic niche

Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 93, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1213-1220

  Winkler, Frank ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier; Brain; Metastases; Metastasis; Niche; Perivascular

Indexed keywords

ASTROCYTE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN CAPILLARY; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER CELL; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER PATIENT; CELL SURVIVAL; CIRCULATING TUMOR CELL; HUMAN; MELANOMA CELL; METASTASIS; METASTASIS NICHE; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; MICROGLIA; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT; ANIMAL; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PATHOLOGY; SECONDARY;

ANIMALS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84946490769     PISSN: 09462716     EISSN: 14321440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00109-015-1357-0     Document Type: Review

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