title: Brain metastasis: role of trophic, autocrine, and paracrine factors in tumor invasion and colonization of the central nervous system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Tumor Biology, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston 77030, USA.
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Nicolson
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Menter
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Herrmann
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yun
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cavanaugh
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Marchetti
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001253:Astrocytes / Q000502:physiology; D001812:Blood-Brain Barrier; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000556:secondary*; D002470:Cell Survival; D005911:Gliosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D006133:Growth Substances / Q000502:physiology*; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D008954:Models, Biological; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D009928:Organ Specificity; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000502:physiology; D017475:Receptors, Nerve Growth Factor / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: D006133:Growth Substances; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D017475:Receptors, Nerve Growth Factor; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases