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CCR4 is a determinant of melanoma brain metastasis.
Oncotarget - 9 May 2017
Klein Anat, Sagi-Assif Orit, Meshel Tsipi, Telerman Alona, Izraely Sivan, Ben-Menachem Shlomit, Bayry Jagadeesh, Marzese Diego M, Ohe Shuichi, Hoon Dave S B, Erez Neta, Witz Isaac P
Abstract excerpt
We previously identified the chemokine receptor CCR4 as part of the molecular signature of melanoma brain metastasis. The aim of this study was to determine the functional significance of CCR4 in melanoma brain metastasis. We show that CCR4 is more highly expressed by brain metastasizing melanoma cells than by local cutaneous cells from the same melanoma. Moreover, we found that the expression of CCR4 is...
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