## BACKGROUND. Cathepsin B (CATB) and cathepsin L (CATL), which are cysteine proteases, urokinase-(UPA) and tissue-type plasminogen activator (TPA), both serine proteases, and their inhibitor type-1 (PAI-1) are believed to play an important role in colorectal carcinoma (CRC) invasion and metastasi
Role of Proteases in Pancreatic Carcinoma
β Scribed by Lane C. Patten; David H. Berger
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 90 KB
- Volume
- 29
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-2313
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