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The potential role of neutrophils in promoting the metastatic phenotype of tumors releasing interleukin-8.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 1 Aug 2004
De Larco Joseph E, Wuertz Beverly R K, Furcht Leo T
Abstract excerpt
In the last decade, several groups have shown a direct correlation between the inappropriate or ectopic release of interleukin (IL)-8 by tumor cells in vitro and their growth and metastatic potential using in vivo models of tumor growth. IL-8 is a potent neutrophil chemoattractant. Neutrophils, as "early responders" to wounds and infections, release enzymes to remodel the extracellular matrix of the tissues...
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