Slit-Robo signaling mediates lymphangiogenesis and promotes tumor lymphatic metastasis

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 396, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 571-577

  Yang, Xiao Mei ^a   Han, Hai Xiong ^a   Sui, Fei ^a   Dai, Yu Min ^a   Chen, Ming ^a   Geng, Jian Guo ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell carcinoma; Lymphangiogenesis; Robo; Slit; Tumor metastasis

Indexed keywords

ROUNDABOUT RECEPTOR; SLIT PROTEIN; SLIT2 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPH VESSEL ENDOTHELIUM; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; METASTASIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET CELL TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; TUMOR MODEL;

ANIMALS; CARCINOMA; CELL LINE; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; INSULINOMA; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 77952876991     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2010.04.152     Document Type: Article

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