The role of the BMP signaling antagonist noggin in the development of prostate cancer osteolytic bone metastasis.

Members of the BMP and Wnt protein families play a relevant role in physiologic and pathologic bone turnover. Extracellular antagonists are crucial for the modulation of their activity. Lack of expression of the BMP antagonist noggin by osteoinductive, carcinoma-derived cell lines is a determinant o...

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Main Authors: Chiara Secondini, Antoinette Wetterwald, Ruth Schwaninger, George N Thalmann, Marco G Cecchini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3020964?pdf=render

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