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p75 neurotrophin receptor cleavage by α- and γ-secretases is required for neurotrophin-mediated proliferation of brain tumor-initiating cells.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 21 Mar 2014
Forsyth Peter A, Krishna Niveditha, Lawn Samuel, Valadez J Gerardo, Qu Xiaotao, Fenstermacher David A, Fournier Michelle, Potthast Lisa, Chinnaiyan Prakash, Gibney Geoffrey T, Zeinieh Michele, Barker Philip A, Carter Bruce D, Cooper Michael K, Kenchappa Rajappa S
Abstract excerpt
Malignant gliomas are highly invasive, proliferative, and resistant to treatment. Previously, we have shown that p75 neurotrophin receptor (p75NTR) is a novel mediator of invasion of human glioma cells. However, the role of p75NTR in glioma proliferation is unknown. Here we used brain tumor-initiating cells (BTICs) and show that BTICs express neurotrophin receptors (p75NTR, TrkA, TrkB, and TrkC) and their ligands...
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