Article
Defining the invasive phenotype of proximal gastric cancer cells.
Cancer - 1 Jan 1994
Schwartz G K, Wang H, Lampen N, Altorki N, Kelsen D, Albino A P
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Adenocarcinoma of the proximal stomach is now the most rapidly rising cancer among men in the United States. The development of metastases is the major cause of morbidity and mortality for this aggressive disease. The mechanisms by which tumor cells invade the basement membrane are un...
Topics
- Adenocarcinoma
- Carrier Proteins
- Cathepsin B
- Cathepsin L
- Cathepsins
- Collagenases
- Cysteine Endopeptidases
- Cytoplasm
- Endopeptidases
- Enzyme Precursors
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
- Glycoproteins