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The Urokinase Receptor in the Central Nervous System
1 Mar 2011
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The urokinase receptor (uPAR) is a multifunctional glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored protein that regulates important processes such as gene expression, cell proliferation, adhesion, migration, invasion, and metastasis. uPAR is an essential component of the plasminogen activation cascade, a protease receptor that binds the urokinase-type plasminogen activator. uPAR is also an adhesion-modulating receptor, and...
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