[Research Article] Pleiotrophin promotes vascular abnormalization in gliomas and correlates with poor survival in patients with astrocytomas

Secretion of pleiotrophin by aggressive gliomas triggers the formation of abnormal blood vessels by endothelial cells.

Source: Signal Transduction Knowledge Environment - December 9, 2015 Category: Science Authors: Lei Zhang, Soumi Kundu, Tjerk Feenstra, Xiujuan Li, Chuan Jin, Liisi Laaniste, Tamador Elsir Abu El Hassan, K. Elisabet Ohlin, Di Yu, Tommie Olofsson, Anna-Karin Olsson, Fredrik Pontén, Peetra U. Magnusson, Karin Forsberg Nilsson, Magnus Essand, Anja Smi Source Type: news