## Background: A balance between urokinase-type plasminogen activator (upa) and its main inhibitor type-1 (pai-1) appears to be important for cancer invasive behavior. since upa/pai-1 system seems to be regulated by transforming growth factor beta1 (tgfbeta1) in different cell types, our aim was to
SMAD3 is essential for transforming growth factor-β1-induced urokinase type plasminogen activator expression and migration in transformed keratinocytes
✍ Scribed by Jelena Kocic; Diana Bugarski; Juan F. Santibanez
- Book ID
- 116430832
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 793 KB
- Volume
- 48
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0959-8049
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