Retinoids Inhibit Human Glioma Cell Proliferation and Migration in Primary Cell Cultures But Not in Established Cell Lines

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OBJECTIVE: Retinoids are known to exhibit a broad spectrum of biological activities, and they participate in the onset of differentiation and the inhibition of growth in a wide variety of cancer cells. Some of these vitamin A derivatives are already in clinical use. However, data on retinoid actions in glial tumors are rather sparse. Therefore, we studied the effects of the natural retinoic acid (RA) forms...

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