Serum levels of soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor is associated with parasitemia in children with acute Plasmodium falciparum malaria infection

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Elevation of serum levels of urokinase-type plasminogen activator and its receptor is associated with disease progression and prognosis in patients with prostate cancer

✍ Miyake, Hideaki; Hara, Isao; Yamanaka, Kazuki; Gohji, Kazuo; Arakawa, Soichi; Ka 📂 Article 📅 1999 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 175 KB 👁 1 views

BACKGROUND. Several investigators have revealed that urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA) and its receptor (uPAR) are overexpressed in serum as well as in tumor tissues in patients with various types of cancer. In this study, we examined whether the serum levels of uPA and uPAR could be used a