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Galectin-3 increases gastric cancer cell motility by up-regulating fascin-1 expression.
Gastroenterology - 1 Mar 2010
Kim Seok-Jun, Choi Il-Ju, Cheong Teak-Chin, Lee Sang-Jin, Lotan Reuben, Park Seok Hee, Chun Kyung-Hee
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BACKGROUND & AIMS: Galectin-3 is a beta-galactoside-binding protein that increases gastric cancer cell motility in response to integrin signaling and is highly expressed in gastric tumor cells. Galectin-3 induces cytoskeletal remodeling to increase cell motility, but the mechanisms of this process are not understood. We investigated the effects of galectin-3 on fascin-1, an actin-bundling protein. METHODS: We...
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