Brain metastasis: role of trophic, autocrine, and paracrine factors in tumor invasion and colonization of the central nervous system

Curr Top Microbiol Immunol. 1996:213 ( Pt 2):89-115. doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-61109-4_5.

Authors

G L Nicolson¹, D G Menter, J L Herrmann, Z Yun, P Cavanaugh, D Marchetti

Affiliation

¹ Department of Tumor Biology, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston 77030, USA.

PMID: 9053298
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-61109-4_5

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
Review

MeSH terms

Animals
Astrocytes / physiology
Blood-Brain Barrier
Brain Neoplasms / metabolism
Brain Neoplasms / physiopathology
Brain Neoplasms / secondary*
Cell Survival
Gliosis / etiology
Gliosis / pathology
Growth Substances / physiology*
Mice
Mice, Knockout
Models, Biological
Neoplasm Invasiveness
Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Proteins / physiology*
Nerve Growth Factors / genetics
Nerve Growth Factors / physiology
Nerve Tissue Proteins / physiology
Organ Specificity
Phosphorylation
Protein Processing, Post-Translational
Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / physiology
Receptors, Nerve Growth Factor / genetics
Receptors, Nerve Growth Factor / physiology
Signal Transduction

Substances

Growth Substances
Neoplasm Proteins
Nerve Growth Factors
Nerve Tissue Proteins
Receptors, Nerve Growth Factor
Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases