Chapter title |
Microglia in Cancer: For Good or for Bad?
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Chapter number | 12 |
Book title |
Glial Cells in Health and Disease of the CNS
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Published in |
Advances in experimental medicine and biology, January 2016
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DOI | 10.1007/978-3-319-40764-7_12 |
Pubmed ID | |
Book ISBNs |
978-3-31-940762-3, 978-3-31-940764-7
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Authors |
Anna Carolina Carvalho da Fonseca, Rackele Amaral, Celina Garcia, Luiz Henrique Geraldo, Diana Matias, Flavia Regina Souza Lima, da Fonseca, Anna Carolina Carvalho, Amaral, Rackele, Garcia, Celina, Geraldo, Luiz Henrique, Matias, Diana, Lima, Flavia Regina Souza |
Abstract |
Glioblastoma is a malignant tumor of astrocytic origin that is highly invasive, proliferative and angiogenic. Despite current advances in multimodal therapies, such as surgery, radio- and chemotherapy, the outcome for patients with glioblastoma is nearly always fatal. The glioblastoma microenvironment has a tremendous influence over the tumor growth and spread. Microglia and macrophages are abundant cells in the tumor mass. Increasing evidence indicates that glioblastoma recruits these cell populations and signals in a way that microglia and macrophages are subverted to promote tumor progression. In this chapter, we discuss some aspects of the interaction between microglia and glioblastoma, consequences of this interaction for tumor progression and the possibility of microglial cells being used as therapeutic vectors, which opens up new alternatives for the development of GBM therapies targeting microglia. |
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