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Monday, December 3, 2018

Tunneling Nanotubes Evoke Pericyte/Endothelial Communication during Normal and Tumoral Angiogenesis



There are many kinds of cancers in the world, and many people are suffering by them. Gliobastoma (GBM) is a kind of the brain cancer, which is typically classified as an astrocytoma. Astrocytoma is caused by cancerous astrocytes, which play an important to support endothelial cell to form blood-brain-barrier. GMB is a deadly cancer, patients’ life expectancy is only 14 months with treatment, the senator John McCain is also suffered by this cancer and passed away. Personally, I believe cancer treatment is important for human being. This paper has an interesting idea that cut the communication between tumor cell and normal cell but not just remove the tumor, this way probably can be more helpful in prevent metastasis than remove tumor.