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Plasmalemmal vesicle associated protein-1 highlights brain tumor angiogenesis

Published in Biotech Law Weekly, January 13th, 2006

Plasmalemmal vesicle associated protein-1 (PV-1) highlights brain tumor angiogenesis.

According to a study from the United States, "PV-1 is up-regulated in the endothelium of human glioblastoma. We sought to further characterize the expression pattern of PV-1 in human brain tumors and interrogate its role in brain tumor angiogenesis."

"Quantitative reverse transcription-PCR and in situ hybridization were used to measure PV-1 expression in a panel of 46 human brain tumors and related pathologic states. Matrigel tubulogenesis assays and cell migration assays were used to show function of PV-1 in primary human endothelial cells (HMVEC) under gene...

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