## Abstract Earlier reports showed that the balance between receptor activator of nuclear factor‐κB ligand (RANKL) and its decoy‐receptor osteoprotegerin (OPG) plays an important role in the pathogenesis of metastatic osteolysis induced by neuroblastoma cells. In this study, we investigated whether
Polymorphisms of Fractalkine receptor CX3CR1 and plasma levels of its ligand CX3CL1 in colorectal cancer patients
✍ Scribed by Jan Dimberg; Olaf Dienus; Sture Löfgren; Anders Hugander; Dick Wågsäter
- Book ID
- 106059406
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 139 KB
- Volume
- 22
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0179-1958
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