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Phenotypic switch from paracrine to autocrine role of hepatocyte growth factor in an androgen-independent human prostatic carcinoma cell line, CWR22R.
The American journal of pathology - 1 Aug 2004
Nakashiro Koh-Ichi, Hara Shingo, Shinohara Yuji, Oyasu Miho, Kawamata Hitoshi, Shintani Satoru, Hamakawa Hiroyuki, Oyasu Ryoichi
Abstract excerpt
Support mechanisms involved in growth of androgen-independent prostate cancer are primarily unknown. Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF)/Met has been suggested to be one of them based primarily on immunohistochemical studies. We conducted a series of experiments to assess the role of the HGF/Met system in an androgen-dependent human prostate carcinoma, CWR22 and its androgen-independent derivative, CWR22R. We found...
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