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Ganglioside GD3 promotes cell growth and invasion through p130Cas and paxillin in malignant melanoma cells.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 2 Aug 2005
Hamamura Kazunori, Furukawa Keiko, Hayashi Takanori, Hattori Takeshi, Nakano Junji, Nakashima Hideyuki, Okuda Tetsuya, Mizutani Hideki, Hattori Hisashi, Ueda Minoru, Urano Takeshi, Lloyd Kenneth O, Furukawa Koichi
Abstract excerpt
Although ganglioside GD3 levels are highly elevated in malignant melanomas, the role of GD3 in melanomas' malignant properties has not been clearly shown. To investigate this problem, we genetically generated GD3-positive (GD3+) transfectant cells from a GD3-negative (GD3-) mutant line SK-MEL-28-N1 and analyzed the phenotypic changes in the transfected cells. GD3+ cells showed markedly increased cell growth and...
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