Article
Matrix metalloproteinase-1 expression enhances tumorigenicity as well as tumor-related angiogenesis and is inversely associated with TIMP-4 expression in a model of glioblastoma.
Journal of neuro-oncology - 1 Feb 2012
Pullen Nicholas A, Anand Monika, Cooper Patricia S, Fillmore Helen L
Abstract excerpt
Herein we continue the study of matrix metalloproteinase-1 (MMP-1) with respect to glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) cell tumorigenicity and angiogenesis. A model of tumorigenicity with cells stably altered to over-express or knock-down MMP-1 revealed that it significantly increases tumor incidence and size. Organized endothelial growth in human umbilical vein endothelial cell (HUVEC)-GBM co-cultures was...
Topics
- Animals
- Brain Neoplasms
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Cell Transformation, Neoplastic
- Coculture Techniques
- Disease Models, Animal
- Endothelial Cells
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
- Glioblastoma
- Green Fluorescent Proteins
