Osteopontin Splice Variants Differentially Exert Clinicopathological Features and Biological Functions in Gastric Cancer
<p><b>Purpose: </b> Gastric cancer (GC) remains a leading cause of death worldwide, and an elevated expression of osteopontin (OPN) may correlate with its poor survival. Alternative splicing of OPN can result in three isoforms, OPN-a, OPN-b and OPN-c. The aim of our current study i...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Ivyspring International Publisher
2013-01-01
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Series: | International Journal of Biological Sciences |
Online Access: | http://www.biolsci.org/v09p0055.htm |