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Hypoxia contributes to melanoma heterogeneity by triggering HIF1α-dependent phenotype switching.
The Journal of investigative dermatology - 1 Oct 2013
Widmer Daniel S, Hoek Keith S, Cheng Phil F, Eichhoff Ossia M, Biedermann Thomas, Raaijmakers Marieke I G, Hemmi Silvio, Dummer Reinhard, Levesque Mitchell P
Abstract excerpt
We have previously reported a model for melanoma progression in which oscillation between melanoma cell phenotypes characterized by invasion or proliferation is fundamental to tumor heterogeneity and disease progression. In this study we examine the possible role of hypoxia as one of the microenvironmental influences driving metastatic progression by promoting a switch from a proliferative to an invasive...
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