title: A malignant oligarchy: progenitors govern the behavior of oligodendrogliomas.
abstract: Recent studies have suggested that brain tumors arise from neural stem cells and are maintained by stem-like tumor-initiating cells (TICs). In this issue of Cancer Cell, Persson et al. report that oligodendrogliomas, unlike malignant astrocytomas, originate from-and are propagated by-cells that resemble oligodendrocyte progenitors.
authors.affiliation: Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
authors.forename: Yanxin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Pei
authors.forename: Robert J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Wechsler-Reya