What’s the importance of peptidases in cancer?

A synonym for a successful tumor spread is a productive invasive cell migration, a process by which the extracellular matrix plays the role of substrate for cells to move and reach a secondary site. Peptidases participate actively in this process to degrade the extracellular matrix. The activity of...

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Main Authors: Adriana Miti Nakahata, Maria Luiza Vilela Oliva, Oswaldo Keith Okamoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein 2009-03-01
Series:Einstein (São Paulo)
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Online Access:http://apps.einstein.br/revista/arquivos/PDF/1296-Einsteinv7n2p237-42_ing.pdf