Tumor Microenvironment

Alexander Birbrair received his Bachelor's Biomedical degree from Santa Cruz State University in Brazil. He moved to North Carolina, where he finished his PhD in Neuroscience under the mentorship of Osvaldo Delbono. Then, he joined as a posdoc in Stem Cell Biology at Paul Frenette's laboratory at Albert Einstein School of Medicine. In 2016, he was appointed faculty at Federal University of Minas Gerais in Brazil, where he started his own lab. His laboratory is interested in understanding how the cellular components of different tissues function and control disease progression. His group explores the roles of specific cell populations in the tissue microenvironment by using state-of-the-art techniques. His research is funded by the Serrapilheira Institute, CNPq, CAPES, and FAPEMIG. In 2018, Alexander was elected affiliate member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences (ABC), and, in 2019, he was elected member of the Global Young Academy (GYA). He is the Editor-in-Chief of Current Tissue Microenvironment Reports, and associate editor of Molecular Biotechnology. Alexander also serves in the editorial board of several other international journals: Stem Cell Reviews and Reports, Stem Cell Research, Stem Cells and Development, and Histology and Histopathology.

Elastin in the Tumor Microenvironment.- Decorin in the tumor microenvironment.- Syndecan-1 in the tumor microenvironment.- Versican in the tumor microenvironment.- Chondroitin Sulphate Proteoglycans in the Tumour Microenvironment.- Lipoproteins and the Tumor Microenvironment.- The Role of BEHAB/Brevican in the Tumor Microenvironment: Mediating Glioma Cell Invasion and Motility.- Thrombospondin in Tumor Microenvironment.- Tenascin-C function in glioma: immunomodulation and beyond.- Index.