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Migration of highly aggressive melanoma cells on hyaluronic acid is associated with functional changes, increased turnover and shedding of CD44 receptors
1 Jul 1996
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Recent evidence indicates that CD44, a multifunctional adhesion receptor involved in cell-cell as well as in cell-matrix interactions, plays an important role in local progression and metastasis of malignant tumors. We have studied a set of human melanoma cell lines differing in their metastatic potential in nude mice as well as in normal melanocytes for changes in CD44 expression and function. All melanocytes...
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