Fibroblast subpopulations as accelerators of tumor progression: the role of migration stimulating factor.

doi:10.1007/978-3-0348-9070-0_14

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Fibroblast subpopulations as accelerators of tumor progression: the role of migration stimulating factor.

EXS - 1 Jan 1995

Schor S L

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Tumor progression is a relatively indolent process, with many years commonly intervening between the inception of an initiating genetic lesion and the development of overt malignant disease. We suggest that the perturbation of normal epithelial-mesenchymal interactions caused by the inappropriate...

Topics

Adult
Animals
Cell Movement
Cell Transformation, Neoplastic
Cytokines
Fetus
Fibroblasts
Fibronectins
Humans
Neoplasms
Phenotype
Reference Values

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