Development of a human in vitro blood–brain tumor barrier model of diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma to better understand the chemoresistance
Abstract Background Pediatric diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) represents one of the most devastating and lethal brain tumors in children with a median survival of 12 months. The high mortality rate can be explained by the ineligibility of patients to surgical resection due to the diffuse gro...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-06-01
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Series: | Fluids and Barriers of the CNS |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12987-020-00198-0 |