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Retinoic acid negatively regulates beta 4 integrin expression and suppresses the malignant phenotype in a Lewis lung carcinoma cell line.
Clinical & experimental metastasis - 1 Jan 1994
Gaetano C, Melchiori A, Albini A, Benelli R, Falcioni R, Modesti A, Modica A, Scarpa S, Sacchi A
Abstract excerpt
Retinoic acid (RA) is a potent inhibitor of the malignant phenotype and of tumour cell growth. We observed that in vitro RA treatment of a highly metastatic lung carcinoma cell line (C87) induced a marked reduction in the amount of the beta 4 integrin subunit. The downregulation of this adhesion molecule was assessed by immunofluorescence, immunoprecipitation, and northern analysis. In order to investigate the...
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