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The alpha2beta1 integrin mediates the malignant phenotype on type I collagen in pancreatic cancer cell lines.
British journal of cancer - 8 May 2006
Grzesiak J J, Bouvet M
Abstract excerpt
Pancreatic cancer is characterised by a hallmark desmoplastic response that includes upregulated expression of the extracellular matrix, and type I collagen in particular. Recent studies indicate that pancreatic cancer cells stimulate type I collagen synthesis in adjacent stellate cells, and that this upregulated type I collagen expression promotes the malignant phenotype in tumour cells as defined by increased...
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