Ji-Qiang Fu, Zhen Chen, Yong-Jia Hu, Zhao-Huan Fan, Zhen-Xing Guo, Jin-Ye Liang, Bo-Mi Ryu, Jian-Lin Ren, Xiu-Juan Shi, Jiao Li, Song Jia, Juan Wang, Xiao-Si Ke, Xin Ma, Xiao Tan, Ting Zhang, Xian-Zhen Chen, Chen Zhang
AIM: Glioma, with fast growth and progression features, is the most common and aggressive tumor in the central nervous system and is essentially incurable. This study is aimed at inducing neuronal differentiation to suppress glioma cell growth with a single transcription factor. METHODS: Overexpression of transcription factor SRY (sex determining region Y)-box 11 (SOX11) and Zic family member 1 (ZIC1) was, respectively, performed in glioma cells with lentivirus infection...
September 27, 2018: CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics