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Glioma-astrocyte interaction modifies the astrocyte phenotype in a co-culture experimental model.
Oncology reports - 1 Dec 2009
Gagliano Nicoletta, Costa Francesco, Cossetti Chiara, Pettinari Letizia, Bassi Rosaria, Chiriva-Internati Maurizio, Cobos Everardo, Gioia Magda, Pluchino Stefano
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As the majority of gliomas arise through malignant transformation of astrocytes, we aimed at investigating the interaction between malignant glioma cells and astrocytes in a co-culture experimental model. For this purpose we analyzed the expression of genes and proteins involved in tumor promotion and invasion, such as glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2), tissue inhibitor of...
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