Regulators of metastasis

Amplification of N-myc oncogene is a frequent event in advanced stages of human neuroblastoma and correlates with poor prognosis and enhanced neovascularization. Angiogenesis is an indispensable prerequisite for the progression and metastasis of solid malignancies, which is modulated by tumor suppressors and oncogenes. We have addressed the possibility that N-myc oncogene might regulate angiogenesis in neuroblastoma. Here, we report that experimental N-Myc overexpression results in down-regulation of leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF), a modulator of endothelial cell proliferation....

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Solid tumours are complex structures in which the interdependent relation-ship between tumour and endothelial cells modulates tumour development and metastasis dissemination. The tumour microenvironment plays an important role in this cell interplay, and changes in its features have a major impact on tumour growth as well as on anticancer therapy respon-siveness.

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Cathepsin B (EC 3.4.22.1) is a lysosomal cysteine protease with both endo-peptidase and exopeptidase activity. The former is associated with the deg-radation of the extracellular matrix proteins, which is a process required for tumour cell invasion and metastasis. In the present study, we show that 2A2 monoclonal antibody, raised by our group, is able to regulate cathep-sin B activity.

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