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Brain Colonization

Brain Colonization is a theoretical construct in oncology that specifies the process by which metastatic cancer cells establish and proliferate within the brain microenvironment, distinguishing itself from general metastasis by emphasizing organ-specific adaptation and interaction with neural tissues.

77

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6.8K

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678

Authors

234

Institutions

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2017–2026

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Publications

77

Real-time imaging reveals the single steps of brain metastasis formation

Yvonne Kienast, Louisa von Baumgarten, Martin Fuhrmann et al. · Nature Medicine · 2009 · 1.1K citations

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Tumour exosomal CEMIP protein promotes cancer cell colonization in brain metastasis

Gonçalo Rodrigues, Ayuko Hoshino, Candia M. Kenific et al. · Nature Cell Biology · 2019 · 432 citations · Full text

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Her-2 Overexpression Increases the Metastatic Outgrowth of Breast Cancer Cells in the Brain

Diane Palmieri, Julie L. Bronder, Jeanne M. Herring et al. · Cancer Research · 2007 · 337 citations · Full text

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Microglia promote colonization of brain tissue by breast cancer cells in a Wnt‐dependent way

Tobias Pukrop, Faramarz Dehghani, Han‐Ning Chuang et al. · Glia · 2010 · 244 citations · Full text

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Reactive glia are recruited by highly proliferative brain metastases of breast cancer and promote tumor cell colonization

Daniel P. Fitzgerald, Diane Palmieri, Emily Hua et al. · Clinical & Experimental Metastasis · 2008 · 218 citations · Full text

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Authors

678

  1. PS
    Patricia S. Steeg

    National Cancer Institute, United States

    8 publications · 1.5K citations

    8

    h-index

  2. DP
    Diane Palmieri

    National Cancer Institute, United States

    6 publications · 957 citations

    6

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  3. TP
    Tobias Pukrop

    University of Göttingen, Germany

    5 publications · 426 citations

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  4. YQ
    Yongzhen Qian

    National Cancer Institute, United States

    5 publications · 620 citations

    5

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  5. GL
    Garth L. Nicolson

    The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, United States

    5 publications · 507 citations

    5

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Institutions

234

  1. National Cancer Institute

    Bethesda, United States

    8 h-index

    84 publications

    12.9K citations

  2. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

    Houston, United States

    5 h-index

    35 publications

    2.6K citations

  3. University of Göttingen

    Göttingen, Germany

    5 h-index

    29 publications

    4.1K citations

  4. Science Applications International Corporation (United States)

    McLean, United States

    4 h-index

    43 publications

    7.2K citations

  5. Leipzig University

    Leipzig, Germany

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    617 citations

  6. Inserm

    Paris, France

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    276 citations

  7. National Institutes of Health

    Bethesda, United States

    3 h-index

    15 publications

    1.8K citations

  8. European Molecular Biology Laboratory

    Hamburg, Germany

    3 h-index

    10 publications

    749 citations

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Venues

  1. PubMed

    Repository · 8 publications · 553 citations

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  2. Cell Reports

    5 publications · 469 citations

    5

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  3. Scientific Reports

    4 publications · 122 citations

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  4. Cancer Research

    4 publications · 532 citations

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  5. JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute

    3 publications · 185 citations

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