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Netrin-1, a missing link between chronic inflammation and tumor progression
1 Apr 2010
Abstract excerpt
Netrin-1 discovered as a neuronal navigation cue, has been recently proposed to play a crucial role during colorectal tumorigenesis by regulating apoptosis. This survival activity is mediated via the inhibition of the so-called netrin-1 dependence receptors. The netrin-1 receptors, DCC (for Deleted in Colorectal Cancer) and UNC5H (UNC5 homologues), indeed belong to the functional family of dependence receptors...
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