TGF-β1 expression is associated with invasion and metastasis of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma

BACKGROUND: Transforming growth factor (TGF)-β is involved in many physiologic processes, it often promotes metastasis, and its high expression is correlated with poor prognosis. In the present study, we analyzed the correlation between transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF-β1) expression and progn...

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Main Authors: Yijie Chen, Lin Ma, Qian He, Shaobo Zhang, Chenghua Zhang, Wei Jia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2015-01-01
Series:Biological Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-97602015000100026&lng=en&tlng=en