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The receptor for the type I insulin-like growth factor and its ligands regulate multiple cellular functions that impact on metastasis.
Surgical oncology clinics of North America - 1 Apr 2001
Samani A A, Brodt P
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The receptor for the type I insulin-like growth factor (IGF-IR) has been identified as a regulator of cellular transformation and the acquisition of the tumorigenic phenotype. This article reviews recent evidence including the authors' own, which implicates this receptor and its ligands IGF-I and IGF-II in the regulation of multiple cellular functions that impact on the invasive/metastatic potential of cancer...
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