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Dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPPIV) inhibits cellular invasion of melanoma cells.
Clinical & experimental metastasis - 1 Jan 2000
Pethiyagoda C L, Welch D R, Fleming T P
Abstract excerpt
Dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPPIV) is a 110-kD, trans-membrane, ectoenzyme, with ubiquitous expression. DPPIV has numerous functions including involvement in T-cell activation, cell adhesion, digestion of proline containing peptides in the kidney and intestines, HIV infection and apoptosis, and regulation of tumorigenicity in certain melanoma cells. Constitutively expressed on numerous epithelial cell types, DPPIV...
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