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Calpain-3 impairs cell proliferation and stimulates oxidative stress-mediated cell death in melanoma cells.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Moretti Daniele, Del Bello Barbara, Allavena Giulia, Corti Alessandro, Signorini Cinzia, Maellaro Emilia
Abstract excerpt
Calpain-3 is an intracellular cysteine protease, belonging to Calpain superfamily and predominantly expressed in skeletal muscle. In human melanoma cell lines and biopsies, we previously identified two novel splicing variants (hMp78 and hMp84) of Calpain-3 gene (CAPN3), which have a significant lower expression in vertical growth phase melanomas and, even lower, in metastases, compared to benign nevi. In the...
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