Article
Functional and phenotypic differences between glioblastoma multiforme-derived and normal human brain endothelial cells.
Journal of neurosurgery - 1 Apr 2005
Charalambous Christiana, Hofman Florence M, Chen Thomas C
Abstract excerpt
OBJECT: Glioblastomas multiforme (GBMs) are hypervascular tumors characterized by endothelial cell (EC) proliferation. There is increasing evidence that ECs that infiltrate systemic tumors are different from normal blood vessel cells; whether this difference is seen in the central nervous system between GBM and normal brain tissue is not known. The goal of this investigation was to characterize and compare the...
Topics
- Apoptosis
- Brain
- Brain Neoplasms
- Cell Movement
- Cell Proliferation
- Endothelial Cells
- Endothelin-1
- Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
- Flow Cytometry
- Glioblastoma
- Humans
