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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Voon Yong
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-52127 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Nature neuroscience 20131208 1
Brain tumor initiating cells (BTICs) contribute to the genesis and recurrence of gliomas. We examined whether the microglia and macrophages that are abundant in gliomas alter BTIC growth. We found that microglia derived from non-glioma human subjects markedly mitigated the sphere-forming capacity of glioma patient-derived BTICs in culture by inducing the expression of genes that control cell cycle arrest and differentiation. This sphere-reducing effect was mimicked by macrophages, but not by neu ...[more]