Serum cathepsin K and cystatin C concentration in patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer during chemotherapy.

A pathogenic implication of cathepsin K (Cath K) and its inhibitor - cystatin C (Cyst C) occur to be of growing importance in the mechanisms of tumor invasiveness in lung cancer. This study was conducted to investigate the prognostic role and the effects of chemotherapy on serum Cath K and Cyst C (E...

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Main Authors: Elzbieta Chyczewska, Maria Ossolińska, Wiesława Niklińska, Wojciech Naumnik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Via Medica 2009-12-01
Series:Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica
Online Access:http://czasopisma.viamedica.pl/fhc/article/view/4362