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Brain Cancer
Recent findings in brain cancer described
February 14th, 2006
Brain cancer research advances have been reported from the United States, Germany and Wales. Study 1: 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...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2006-02-14)
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