Glioma cell migration is determined by a complex interplay between soluble motogens and extracellular matrix components. Several growth factors are thought to be involved in glioma cell migration; however, little is known about their motogenic potency relative to one another.
Hans-Dietrich Herrmann Laboratory for Brain Tumor Biology, Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany. lamszus@uke.uni-hamburg.de