Tumor invasion including that of high-grade malignant gliomas is, for a significant part, mediated by the overproduction of a number of tissue-digesting matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) such as MMP-2 (type IV collagenase or gelatinase A) and their activators such as membrane-type 1 metalloproteinase (MT1-MMP) [27,28]. Here, MMP2 is linked to malignant glioma.