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Metastasis to Bone in Human Cancer Is Associated with Loss of Occludin Expression.
Anticancer research - 1 Mar 2016
Martin Tracey A, Jordan Nicola, Davies Eleri L, Jiang Wen G
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Occludin is an integral membrane protein localised at tight junctions (TJ). There is no consensus regarding its paramount role in TJ. In previous work we showed that occludin is aberrantly expressed in both human breast tissues and cancer cell lines. This study demonstrates a link to bone metastasis in human cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Primary breast tumours (n=124) and matched normal tissues...
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