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Relationship between Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Receptor, Interleukin-8 Gene Expression and Clinicopathological Features in Gastric Cancer
1 Jan 2004
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OBJECTIVE: The serine protease urokinase-type plasminogen (uPA) and its receptor (uPAR) appear to have a major function in tumor invasion and metastasis. Interleukin-8 (IL-8) acts as an angiogenic factor in solid cancer. The purpose of this study was to determine whether the expression of IL-8 and the uPAR gene correlates with clinicopathological parameters in human gastric carcinoma. METHODS: We examined the...
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