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The expression of Axl receptor tyrosine kinase influences the tumour phenotype and clinical outcome of patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma.
British journal of cancer - 19 Feb 2013
Pinato D J, Mauri F A, Lloyd T, Vaira V, Casadio C, Boldorini R L, Sharma R
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BACKGROUND: Recent preclinical studies identified Axl, a tyrosine kinase receptor implicated in tumour progression and epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition, as a putative therapeutic target in malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM), an invariably fatal malignancy with limited treatment options. Here, we studied the expression of Axl and its ligand Gas-6 (growth arrest signal-6) in primary specimens of MPM,...
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