Activation of Urokinase Plasminogen Activator and Its Receptor Axis Is Essential for Macrophage Infiltration in a Prostate Cancer Mouse Model
Macrophages within the tumor microenvironment promote angiogenesis, extracellular matrix breakdown, and tumor cell migration, invasion, and metastasis. Activation of the urokinase plasminogen activator (uPA) and its receptor (uPAR) axis promotes prostate cancer tumorigenicity, invasion, metastasis,...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2011-01-01
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Series: | Neoplasia: An International Journal for Oncology Research |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1476558611801089 |