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Blockade of CCR5 receptor prevents M2 microglia phenotype in a microglia-glioma paradigm.
Neurochemistry international - 1 Sept 2017
Laudati Emilia, Currò Diego, Navarra Pierluigi, Lisi Lucia
Abstract excerpt
Microglia express chemokines and their cognate receptors that were found to play important roles in many processes required for tumor development, such as tumor growth, proliferation, invasion, and angiogenesis. Among the chemokine receptor, CCR5 have been documented in different cancer models; in particular, CCR5 is highly expressed in human glioblastoma, where it is associated to poor prognosis. In the present...
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