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Trans-activation of heparanase promoter by ETS transcription factors.
Oncogene - 13 Feb 2003
Lu W C, Liu Y N, Kang B B, Chen J H
Abstract excerpt
The remodeling of extracellular matrix (ECM) is an important process required for cancer cells to turn into invasive and metastatic cancer cells. To dissolve the protein components of ECM, matrix metalloproteinases are some of the essential enzymes. Another ECM remodeling enzyme is the heparanase (Hpa) that digests the heparin sulfate component of the matrix. In metastatic cancer cells the Hpa gene is...
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