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Toll-like receptor 2 mediates microglia/brain macrophage MT1-MMP expression and glioma expansion
5 Sept 2013
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Glioblastomas are the most aggressive primary brain tumors in humans. Microglia/brain macrophage accumulation in and around the tumor correlates with malignancy and poor clinical prognosis of these tumors. We have previously shown that microglia promote glioma expansion through upregulation of membrane type 1 matrix metalloprotease (MT1-MMP). This upregulation depends on signaling via the Toll-like...
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