Lumican expression is positively correlated with the differentiation and negatively with the growth of human osteosarcoma cells

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Osteosarcoma is the most common primary bone tumour associated with childhood and adolescence. The possible role of the small leucine-rich proteoglycan, lumican, in the growth and metastasis of various cancer types has recently been investigated. In this study, the expression of lumican was examined in moderately differentiated (MG-63) and well-differentiated (Saos 2) human osteosarcoma cell lines of high and low...

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