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One of the most important biological characteristics of Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is high vascular density. Vadimezan (ASA404, DMXAA) belongs to the class of small molecule vascular disrupting agents (VDA) that cause disruption of established tumor vessels and subsequent tumor hemorrhagic necrosis. Its selective antivascular effect is mediated by intratumoral induction of several cytokines including tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), granulocyte-colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF), interleukin 6 (IL-6) and macrophage inflammatory protein 1α (MIP-1α). Preclinical studies have demonstrated that ASA404 acts synergistically with taxanes. In this study, we investigated if treatment of mice bearing U251 human glioblastoma xenografts with ASA404 and taxol may be synergistic. Therapy response was evaluated by measuring changes in tumor size and metabolic activity using 18F-FDG PET (Fluorodeoxyglucose - positron emision tomography) imaging.
Pubmed ID: 22695475
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Software tool for viewing, analyzing, and registering volumetric medical imaging data sets. It has been written on top of GTK+ and runs on any system that supports this toolkit (Linux, Windows, Mac OS X, etc.). The program incorporates automatic non-orthogonal data reslicing, allowing multiple data set to be fused without imposed constraints on the dimensions, anisotrophy, or voxel sizes of the data. Additional features include 3D ROI (ellipses, cylinders, boxes, and isocontours), multi-slice viewing, volume rendering, and data importing through the (X)MedCon library.
View all literature mentionsCell line U-251MG is a Cancer cell line with a species of origin Homo sapiens (Human)
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