The bad seed: PDGF receptors link adult neural progenitors to glioma stem cells

Neuron. 2006 Jul 20;51(2):151-3. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2006.07.001.

Abstract

In this issue of Neuron, Jackson et al. show that adult neural stem cells (B cells) express PDGF receptors. Functional analysis of PDGF signaling in these neural progenitors resonates in provocative ways with an older body of literature on PDGF autocrine loops in malignant glioma and with more recent observations on the bHLH transcription factor Olig2.

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Glioma / metabolism*
  • Glioma / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Neurons / metabolism*
  • Neurons / pathology*
  • Receptors, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor / physiology*
  • Stem Cells / metabolism*
  • Stem Cells / pathology*

Substances

  • Receptors, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor