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Paracrine Activin-A Signaling Promotes Melanoma Growth and Metastasis through Immune Evasion.
The Journal of investigative dermatology - 1 Dec 2017
Donovan Prudence, Dubey Olivier A, Kallioinen Susanna, Rogers Katherine W, Muehlethaler Katja, Müller Patrick, Rimoldi Donata, Constam Daniel B
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The secreted growth factor Activin-A of the transforming growth factor β family and its receptors can promote or inhibit several cancer hallmarks including tumor cell proliferation and differentiation, vascularization, lymphangiogenesis and inflammation. However, a role in immune evasion and its relationship with tumor-induced muscle wasting and tumor vascularization, and the relative contributions of autocrine...
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