Glioma tropism of haematopoietic progenitor cells is mediated by CXCL12
G Tabatabai, O Bähr, J Wischhusen, I Eyüpoglu, J Rieger, M Weller, W Wick · Aktuelle Neurologie · 2005 · Heft 10
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Adult stem and progenitor cells (PC) of various tissues are considered as promising candidates to establish a cell-based therapy against cancers, notably glioblastoma. Here we report that adult human and murine hematopoietic PC display a tropism for intracerebral experimental gliomas in vivo but not for normal brain tissue. Organotypic hippocampal slice culture and spheroid confrontation assays confirm a directed PC migration towards glioma cells ex vivo and in vitro. RNA interference-mediated disruption of transforming growth factor beta (TGF-Ò) synthesis by the glioma cells strongly inhibits PC cell migration.…