The expression and role of circulating galectins in colorectal cancer
Adhesion of circulating tumour cells to the blood vascular endothelium is a pivotal step in metastasis. This study shows that the levels of free circulating galectin- 2, -3, -4, and -8, but not galectin-9 and -1, were markedly increased up to 31-fold in the bloodstream of colon and breast cancer pat...
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University of Liverpool
2011
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.569204 |