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PAR-1 and thrombin: the ties that bind the microenvironment to melanoma metastasis.
Cancer research - 1 Nov 2011
Zigler Maya, Kamiya Takafumi, Brantley Emily C, Villares Gabriel J, Bar-Eli Menashe
Abstract excerpt
Progression of melanoma is dependent on cross-talk between tumor cells and the adjacent microenvironment. The thrombin receptor, protease-activated receptor-1 (PAR-1), plays a key role in exerting this function during melanoma progression. PAR-1 and its activating factors, which are expressed on tumor cells and the surrounding stroma, induce not only coagulation but also cell signaling, which promotes the...
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