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Plasminogen supports tumor growth through a fibrinogen-dependent mechanism linked to vascular patency.
Blood - 15 Oct 2003
Palumbo Joseph S, Talmage Kathryn E, Liu Hong, La Jeunesse Christine M, Witte David P, Degen Jay L
Abstract excerpt
The growth of Lewis lung carcinoma (LLC) was sustained in plasminogen-deficient mice when transplanted into the dorsal skin but was dramatically suppressed in another anatomic location, the footpad. This unanticipated negative effect of plasminogen deficiency on footpad tumor growth was entirely...
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