Follistatin-like protein 1 plays a tumor suppressor role in clear-cell renal cell carcinoma

Abstract Background We previously showed that the expression of follistatin-like protein 1 (FSTL1) was significantly down-regulated in metastatic clear-cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC). In this study, we aimed to characterize the role of FSTL1 in the development of ccRCC. Methods The effects of FST...

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Main Authors: Yan Liu, Xiaojie Tan, Wenbin Liu, Xi Chen, Xiaomei Hou, Dan Shen, Yibo Ding, Jianhua Yin, Ling Wang, Hongwei Zhang, Yongwei Yu, Jianguo Hou, Timothy C. Thompson, Guangwen Cao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-01-01
Series:Chinese Journal of Cancer
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40880-018-0267-2