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Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE B (Biomedicine & Biotechnology)  2007, Vol. 8 Issue (9): 609-611    DOI: 10.1631/jzus.2007.B0609
Biomedicine     
Brain metastases of melanoma—mechanisms of attack on their defence system by engineered stem cells in the microenvironment
DIMITROV Borislav D., ATANASSOVA Penka A., RACHKOVA Mariana I.
BORDANI, Alzano Lombardo, Bergamo 24022, Italy; Department of Neurology, Medical University, Plovdiv 4000, Bulgaria; ASSON-93 Research Co., Chicago, IL 60056, USA
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Abstract  This report gives a better emphasis on the role of targeted effectors (e.g. a combination of 5-FC with CD-NSPCs as compared to the application of NSPCs alone) and how such delivery of pro-drug activating enzymes and other tumor-killing substances may overcome melanocytic defence system, interact with and promote the host defence and immune response modulations not only in melanoma but, potentially, in other highly-metastatic cancers.

Key wordsMelanoma      Brain metastases      Neural stem/progenitor cells (NSPCs)      Cytosine deaminase     
Received: 02 August 2007     
CLC:  R74  
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DIMITROV Borislav D., ATANASSOVA Penka A., RACHKOVA Mariana I.. Brain metastases of melanoma—mechanisms of attack on their defence system by engineered stem cells in the microenvironment. Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE B (Biomedicine & Biotechnology), 2007, 8(9): 609-611.

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