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Type I collagen promotes the malignant phenotype of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 1 Nov 2004
Armstrong Thomas, Packham Graham, Murphy Lindsay B, Bateman Adrian C, Conti John A, Fine David R, Johnson Colin D, Benyon R Christopher, Iredale John P
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PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to determine the role of functional interactions between pancreatic cancer cells and pancreatic stellate cells (PSCs) in the formation of the desmoplastic reaction (DR) in pancreatic cancer and to characterize the effect of type I collagen (the predominant component of the DR) on pancreatic cancer cell phenotype. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: PSCs and type I collagen were identified...
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