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Distinct roles for cysteine cathepsin genes in multistage tumorigenesis.
Genes & development - 1 Mar 2006
Gocheva Vasilena, Zeng Wei, Ke Danxia, Klimstra David, Reinheckel Thomas, Peters Christoph, Hanahan Douglas, Joyce Johanna A
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Multiple types of degradative enzymes, including cathepsins of the cysteine protease family, have been implicated in the regulation of angiogenesis and invasion during cancer progression. Several cysteine cathepsins are up-regulated in a mouse model of pancreatic islet cell carcinogenesis (RIP1-Tag2), and tumor progression is impaired following their collective pharmacologic inhibition. Using null mutations of...
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