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Reports from Medical College highlight recent research in proteomics

Published in Cancer Weekly, January 19th, 2010

"Several studies recognize cancer-stromal fibroblasts' role in cancer-cell invasion and metastasis. Through paracrine signaling molecules, TGF-beta and IL-1 beta, cancer cells activate stromal fibroblasts and induce the expression of fibroblast activation protein (FAP)," scientists in Harbin, People's Republic of China report.

"FAP, in turn, affects the proliferation, invasion and migration of the cancer cells. We report that TGF-beta and IL-1 beta are important factors in inducing differentiation of myofibroblasts and expression of functional markers, notably alpha-SMA. We discover that TGF-beta is the dominant factor in promoting FAP alpha protein expression," wrote...

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