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Metastatic phenotype correlates with high expression of membrane-associated complete beta-human chorionic gonadotropin in vivo.
Cancer - 1 Dec 1996
Acevedo H F, Hartsock R J
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BACKGROUND: Investigations using living human cancer cells and the nude mouse model were conducted to evaluate the expression of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) in various cancers grown in vitro and in vivo. The aim was to determine whether membrane-associated hCG in any of its forms is a characteristic metastatic marker, and at what levels or ratios. METHODS: Human cancer cell lines known to produce tumors...
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