Growth factor-dependent activation of αvβ3 integrin in normal epithelial cells: Implications for tumor invasion

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1145-1156

  Trusolino, Livio ^a,b   Serini, Guido ^a,b   Cecchini, Germana ^a   Besati, Cristina ^a   Ambesi Impiombato, Francesco Saverio ^c   Marchisio, Pier Carlo ^a,b   De Filippi, Rosaria ^c  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

c Met; Hepatocyte growth factor scatter factor; Integrins; Thyroid; Tumor invasion

Indexed keywords

GROWTH FACTOR; INTEGRIN; INTEGRIN ALPHA(V)BETA3; SCATTER FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EPITHELIUM CELL; GROWTH REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; THYROID CELL;

ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD29; CELL ADHESION; CELL MOVEMENT; CLONE CELLS; CYTOKINES; CYTOSKELETON; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HEPATOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR; HUMANS; INTEGRIN BETA3; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PLATELET MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MET; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYROID GLAND; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; TYROSINE;

EID: 0032563606     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.142.4.1145     Document Type: Article

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