Brain sweet brain: importance of sugars for the cerebral microenvironment and tumor development Cérebro doce cérebro: importância dos açúcares para o microambiente cerebral e o desenvolvimento tumoral
The extracellular matrix (ECM) in the brain tissue is a complex network of glycoproteins and proteoglycans that fills the intercellular space serving as scaffolding to provide structural framework for the tissue and regulate the behavior of cells via specific receptors - integrins. There is enormous...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO)
2010-10-01
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Series: | Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2010000500024 |