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CD44 Interacts with HIF-2α to Modulate the Hypoxic Phenotype of Perinecrotic and Perivascular Glioma Cells.
Cell reports - 15 Aug 2017
Johansson Elinn, Grassi Elisa S, Pantazopoulou Vasiliki, Tong Bei, Lindgren David, Berg Tracy J, Pietras Elin J, Axelson Håkan, Pietras Alexander
Abstract excerpt
Hypoxia-inducible factors enhance glioma stemness, and glioma stem cells have an amplified hypoxic response despite residing within a perivascular niche. Still, little is known about differential HIF regulation in stem versus bulk glioma cells. We show that the intracellular domain of stem cell marker CD44 (CD44ICD) is released at hypoxia, binds HIF-2α (but not HIF-1α), enhances HIF target gene activation, and is...
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