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Abstract
In a recent report by Zhang et al., pleiotrophin (PTN) was demonstrated to enhance glioma growth by promoting vascular abnormalization. PTN stimulates glioma vessels through anaplastic lymphoma kinase (Alk)-mediated perivascular deposition of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). Targeting of Alk or VEGF signaling normalizes tumor vessels in PTN-expressing tumors.Entities:
Keywords: ALK; GL261; VEGF; glioblastoma; pleiotrophin; vascular abnormalization
Year: 2016 PMID: 28090572 PMCID: PMC5160416 DOI: 10.1080/23723556.2016.1141087
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Mol Cell Oncol ISSN: 2372-3556