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Expression of LDL receptor-related protein 5 (LRP5) as a novel marker for disease progression in high-grade osteosarcoma.
International journal of cancer - 1 Mar 2004
Hoang Bang H, Kubo Tadahiko, Healey John H, Sowers Rebecca, Mazza BethAnne, Yang Rui, Huvos Andrew G, Meyers Paul A, Gorlick Richard
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The Wingless-type (Wnt) family of proteins and its coreceptor LRP5 have recently been implicated in human skeletal development. Wnt pathway modulates cell fate and cell proliferation during embryonic development and carcinogenesis through activation of receptor-mediated signaling. Osteosarcoma (OS) is a bone-forming tumor of mesenchymal origin whose growth control has been linked to autocrine or paracrine...
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