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Cathepsin-D affects multiple tumor progression steps in vivo: proliferation, angiogenesis and apoptosis.
Oncogene - 29 Aug 2002
Berchem Guy, Glondu Murielle, Gleizes Michel, Brouillet Jean-Paul, Vignon Françoise, Garcia Marcel, Liaudet-Coopman Emmanuelle
Abstract excerpt
Cathepsin-D is an independent marker of poor prognosis in human breast cancer. We previously showed that human wild-type cathepsin-D, as well as its mutated form devoid of proteolytic activity stably transfected in 3Y1-Ad12 cancer cells, stimulated tumor growth. To investigate the mechanisms by which human cathepsin-D and its catalytically-inactive counterpart promoted tumor growth in vivo, we quantified the...
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