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Association of latent membrane protein 1 and matrix metalloproteinase 9 with metastasis in nasopharyngeal carcinoma
15 Aug 2000
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BACKGROUND: Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a highly metastatic carcinoma whose consistent association with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) has been established. Latent membrane protein 1 (LMP1), an EBV membrane protein expressed in latent infection, is considered to be the EBV oncoprotein. Matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP9), one of the MMP families, degrades Type IV collagen, a major component of extracellular matrix...
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