FGF-2 isoforms of 18 and 22.5 kDa differ
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Fabrice Escaffit; Agnès Estival; Claudine Bertrand; Nicole Vaysse; Etienne Holla
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Article
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2000
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John Wiley and Sons
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French
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Pancreatic tumors overexpress FGF-2 and t-PA, but the implication of the growth factor in t-PA synthesis and t-PA-dependent tumor invasion remains unknown. FGF-2 is present in different isoforms: The 18 kDa FGF-2 is secreted, while the 22.5 kDa one is nuclearized and exerts intracrine regulations by