Osteosarcoma cell proliferation and survival requires mGluR5 receptor activity and is blocked by Riluzole

• Sally Liao ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Sally Liao, Yuleisy Ruiz

  Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Hunter College, City University of New York, New York, NY, United States of America

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• Yuleisy Ruiz ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Sally Liao, Yuleisy Ruiz

  Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Hunter College, City University of New York, New York, NY, United States of America

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• Hira Gulzar,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Hunter College, City University of New York, New York, NY, United States of America

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• Zarina Yelskaya,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Hunter College, City University of New York, New York, NY, United States of America

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• Lyes Ait Taouit,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Hunter College, City University of New York, New York, NY, United States of America

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• Murielle Houssou,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Hunter College, City University of New York, New York, NY, United States of America

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• Trisha Jaikaran,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Hunter College, City University of New York, New York, NY, United States of America

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• Yuriy Schvarts,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Hunter College, City University of New York, New York, NY, United States of America

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• Kristina Kozlitina,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Hunter College, City University of New York, New York, NY, United States of America

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• Upal Basu-Roy,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology & Perlmutter Cancer Center, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, United States of America

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• Alka Mansukhani,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology & Perlmutter Cancer Center, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, United States of America

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• Shahana S. Mahajan

  * E-mail: smahajan@hunter.cuny.edu

  Affiliations Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Hunter College, City University of New York, New York, NY, United States of America, Brain and Mind Research Institute, Weil Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, United States of America

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