Malignant gliomas induce and exploit astrocytic mesenchymal-like transition by activating canonical Wnt/β-catenin signaling

Glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and the astrocyte intermediate filament system in diseases of the central nervous system

(2015) Elly M Hol et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY

Podoplanin

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Astrocytes facilitate melanoma brain metastasis via secretion of IL-23

(2015) Anat Klein et al.   JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY

Glioma cells escaped from cytotoxicity of temozolomide and vincristine by communicating with human astrocytes

(2015) Weiliang Chen et al.   MEDICAL ONCOLOGY

Astrocytes promote glioma invasion via the gap junction protein connexin43

(2015) W C Sin et al.   ONCOGENE

The role of astrocytes in the progression of brain cancer: complicating the picture of the tumor microenvironment

(2015) Amanda L. Placone et al.   TUMOR BIOLOGY

Targeting ECM Disrupts Cancer Progression

(2015) Freja A. Venning et al.   Frontiers in Oncology

Paracrine regulation of glioma cells invasion by astrocytes is mediated by glial-derived neurotrophic factor

(2014) Ayelet Shabtay-Orbach et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER

The dual role of astrocyte activation and reactive gliosis

(2014) Milos Pekny et al.   NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS

Carcinoma cells misuse the host tissue damage response to invade the brain

(2013) Han-Ning Chuang et al.   GLIA

Podoplanin expression in cancer-associated fibroblasts enhances tumor progression of invasive ductal carcinoma of the pancreas

(2013) Koji Shindo et al.   Molecular Cancer

Astrocytes Directly Influence Tumor Cell Invasion and Metastasis In Vivo

(2013) Ling Wang et al.   PLoS One

Activation of canonical WNT/β-catenin signaling enhances in vitro motility of glioblastoma cells by activation of ZEB1 and other activators of epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition

(2012) Ulf D. Kahlert et al.   CANCER LETTERS

Epithelial-to-mesenchymal(-like) transition as a relevant molecular event in malignant gliomas

(2012) U.D. Kahlert et al.   CANCER LETTERS

Wnt/beta-Catenin Signaling in Glioma

(2012) Kailiang Zhang et al.   Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology

Podoplanin: emerging functions in development, the immune system, and cancer

(2012) Jillian L. Astarita et al.   Frontiers in Immunology

A sensitive and bright single-cell resolution live imaging reporter of Wnt/ß-catenin signaling in the mouse

(2011) Anna Ferrer-Vaquer et al.   BMC DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Non-invasive quantification of brain tumor-induced astrogliosis

(2011) Jisook Lee et al.   BMC NEUROSCIENCE

The brain tumor microenvironment

(2011) Nikki A. Charles et al.   GLIA

Matrix Metalloproteinases: Regulators of the Tumor Microenvironment

(2010) Kai Kessenbrock et al.   CELL

Interaction between lung cancer cells and astrocytes via specific inflammatory cytokines in the microenvironment of brain metastasis

(2010) Toshihiro Seike et al.   CLINICAL & EXPERIMENTAL METASTASIS

Signaling Pathways in the Activation of Mast Cells Cocultured with Astrocytes and Colocalization of Both Cells in Experimental Allergic Encephalomyelitis

(2010) D. Y. Kim et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Astrocytes: biology and pathology

(2009) Michael V. Sofroniew et al.   ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA

Reactive glia are recruited by highly proliferative brain metastases of breast cancer and promote tumor cell colonization

(2008) Daniel P. Fitzgerald et al.   CLINICAL & EXPERIMENTAL METASTASIS

Microenvironmental regulation of cancer development

(2008) Min Hu et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN GENETICS & DEVELOPMENT

Malignant Gliomas in Adults

(2008) Patrick Y. Wen et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE