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Endocan as a Biomarker of Endothelial Dysfunction in Cancer
2010-01-01
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Endocan also called endothelial cell-specific-molecule-1 is a product of endothelial cells, highly regulated by vascular endothelial growth factor and expressed during the switch between dormant to fast-growing angiogenic tumors. No other molecule is currently known to be a read out of endothelial activation and dysfunction in tumor progression. We here reviewed the present knowledge about endocan that present cli...
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- 9c952ff4-403f-548b-805d-bf11a16e4eaf
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- 10.4172/1948-5956.1000022