Inhibition of furin-mediated processing results in suppression of astrocytoma cell growth and invasiveness

Clinical Cancer Research

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1740-1746

  Mercapide, Javier ^a   De Cicco, Ricardo Lopez ^a   Bassi, Daniel E ^a   Castresana, Javier S ^b   Thomas, Gary ^c   Klein Szanto, Andres J P ^a  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN; ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN PORTLAND COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; FURIN; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 14; SOMATOMEDIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER INVASION; CARCINOGENICITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOGRAFT;

ALPHA 1-ANTITRYPSIN; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTOMA; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CELL DIVISION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FURIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; MICE; MICE, SCID; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM TRANSPLANTATION; RATS; RECEPTOR, IGF TYPE 1; SUBTILISINS; TRACHEA; TRANSFECTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0036278838     PISSN: 10780432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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