The fibrinolytic system facilitates tumor cell migration across the blood-brain barrier in experimental melanoma brain metastasis.

Perides, George

The fibrinolytic system facilitates tumor cell migration across the blood-brain barrier in experimental melanoma brain metastasis. [electronic resource] - BMC cancer Mar 2006 - 56 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

1471-2407

10.1186/1471-2407-6-56 doi


Aminocaproic Acid--pharmacology
Animals
Antifibrinolytic Agents--pharmacology
Blood-Brain Barrier--physiopathology
Brain--blood supply
Brain Neoplasms--physiopathology
Carotid Arteries
Cell Line, Tumor
Cell Movement
Cells, Cultured
Endothelium, Vascular--cytology
Humans
Injections
Melanoma, Experimental--pathology
Mice
Mice, Inbred C57BL
Mice, Knockout
Neoplasm Invasiveness
Plasminogen--genetics
Skin Neoplasms--pathology