VDAC1 and neuroblastoma: The above results are in line with previous studies showing that the extra-cellular application of anti-VDAC-1 antibody prior to a pro-apoptotic stimulus prevented cells from undergoing apoptosis in cells of the mouse hippocampal line HT22, in the human neuroblastoma cell line SK-N-MC and in primary differentiated hippocampal neurons [30,31].