Article
Vascular endothelial platelet endothelial cell adhesion molecule 1 (PECAM-1) regulates advanced metastatic progression.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 26 Oct 2010
DeLisser Horace, Liu Yong, Desprez Pierre-Yves, Thor Ann, Briasouli Paraskevei, Handumrongkul Chakrapong, Wilfong Jonathon, Yount Garret, Nosrati Mehdi, Fong Sylvia, Shtivelman Emma, Fehrenbach Melane, Cao Gaoyuan, Moore Dan H, Nayak Shruti, Nyack Shruti, Liggitt Denny, Kashani-Sabet Mohammed, Debs Robert
Abstract excerpt
Most patients who die from cancer succumb to treatment-refractory advanced metastatic progression. Although the early stages of tumor metastasis result in the formation of clinically silent micrometastatic foci, its later stages primarily reflect the progressive, organ-destructive growth of already advanced metastases. Early-stage metastasis is regulated by multiple factors within tumor cells as well as by the...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
