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Activation of cathepsin B, secreted by a colorectal cancer cell line requires low pH and is mediated by cathepsin D
7 Aug 1996
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The aim of our study was to identify changes in secreted procathepsin B levels in a model of the human colorectal adenoma to carcinoma sequence and to determine the factors required for its extracellular activation. Conversion of the non-tumorigenic adenoma-derived cell line PC/AA to a highly tumorigenic phenotype (designated AA/CI/SB10/M) was associated with an 8-fold increase in the presence of the proform of...
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