Important topics concerning molecular mechanisms responsible for glioma physiology and pathology

Unique occasion to get an inside signaling induced by extracellular nucleotides, growth factors and cytokines in glioma cells

New data concerning gliomas invasion and progression

Role of cytoplasmic transcription factors, as STAT and SMAD in glioma pathogenesis

Comparison of the nature of calcium signals in glioma cells with that in astrocytes and microglia

1.introduction to purinergic signaling in the brain. - 2. adenosine signaling in glioma cells. - 3. cross-talk in nucleotide signaling in glioma c6 cells. - 4. calcium signaling in glioma cells - the role of nucleotide receptors. - 5. purinergic signaling in glioma progression. - 6. cytoskeleton and nucleotide signaling in glioma cells. - 7. signaling determinants of glioma cell invasion. - 8. receptor tyrosine kinases: principles and functions in glioma invasion. - 9. tgf beta signaling and its role in glioma pathogenesis. - 10. stat signaling in glioma cells. - 11. cannabinoid signaling in glioma cells.