Astrocytes promote glioma invasion via the gap junction protein connexin43

Oncogene

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1504-1516

  Sin, W C ^a   Aftab, Q ^a   Bechberger, J F ^a   Leung, J H ^a   Chen, H ^a   Naus, C C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GLIOMA; GLIOMA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TUMOR INVASION; ANIMAL; BRAIN TUMOR; CELL ADHESION; FEMALE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CELL ADHESION; CONNEXIN 43; FEMALE; GLIOMA; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS;

EID: 84957900747     PISSN: 09509232     EISSN: 14765594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/onc.2015.210     Document Type: Article

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