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Hyaluronan, CD44 and Emmprin: partners in cancer cell chemoresistance.
Drug resistance updates : reviews and commentaries in antimicrobial and anticancer chemotherapy - 1 Jun 2008
Toole Bryan P, Slomiany Mark G
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Hyaluronan not only is an important structural component of extracellular matrices but also interacts with cells during dynamic cell processes such as those occurring in cancer. Consequently, interactions of hyaluronan with tumor cells play important cooperative roles in various aspects of malignancy. Hyaluronan binds to several cell surface receptors, including CD44, thus leading to co-regulation of signaling...
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