Role of the Blood-Brain Barrier in the Formation of Brain Metastases
The majority of brain metastases originate from lung cancer, breast cancer and malignant melanoma. In order to reach the brain, parenchyma metastatic cells have to transmigrate through the endothelial cell layer of brain capillaries, which forms the morphological basis of the blood-brain barrier (BB...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2013-01-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Molecular Sciences |
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| Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/14/1/1383 |