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ReviewTrends in neurosciences2012

Unique biology of gliomas: challenges and opportunities.

Stacey Watkins, Harald Sontheimer

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Review in Trends in neurosciences, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers.

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38citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

38 citing papers in PubMed.

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  17. Primary Role for Kinin BMolecular neurobiology · 2017
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Stacey WatkinsDepartment of Neurobiology, Center for Glial Biology in Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Harald Sontheimer

Funding

UAB MENTAL RETARDATION RESEARCH CENTER (MRRC)P30HD038985 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI KORF, BRUCE R · 2000 to 2012
$8.6M
The Role of Ion Transport in Glioma Migration, Proliferation, and ApoptosisR01NS036692 · NINDS · VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INST AND ST UNIV · PI SONTHEIMER, HARALD W · 1997 to 2024
$6.8M
Amino Acid Transport and the Biology of Human GliomasR01NS052634 · NINDS · VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INST AND ST UNIV · PI SONTHEIMER, HARALD W · 2005 to 2015
$3.7M
PROPERTIES AND FUNCTION OF GLIA ION CHANNELSR01NS031234 · NINDS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI SONTHEIMER, HARALD W · 1994 to 2011
$3.3M
Regulation of the Vasculature by Invading Glioma CellsF31NS074597 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI WATKINS, STACEY MICHELLE · 2011 to 2013
$55k
NICHD NIH HHS P30 HD038985NINDS NIH HHS 1F31NS074597NINDS NIH HHS 2R01NS031234NINDS NIH HHS 2R01NS036692NINDS NIH HHS 5R01NS031234NINDS NIH HHS F31 NS074597NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS031234NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS036692NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS052634
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gliomas are terrifying primary brain tumors for which patient outlook remains bleak. Recent research provides novel insights into the unique biology of gliomas. For example, these tumors exhibit an unexpected pluripotency that enables them to grow their own vasculature. They have an unusual ability to navigate tortuous extracellular pathways as they invade, and they use neurotransmitters to inflict damage and create room for growth. Here, we review studies that illustrate the importance of considering interactions of gliomas with their native brain environment. Such studies suggest that gliomas constitute a neurodegenerative disease caused by the malignant growth of brain support cells. The chosen examples illustrate how targeted research into the biology of gliomas is yielding new and much needed therapeutic approaches to this challenging nervous system disease.

Indexed as

AnimalsBrainBrain NeoplasmsGliomaHumansNeoplasm ProteinsNeoplasm Proteins

Identifiers

PMID22683220
PMCPMC3578203

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