Periostin Is a Key Niche Component for Wound Metastasis of Melanoma.

Tissue injury promotes metastasis of several human cancers, although factors associated with wound healing that attract circulating tumor cells have remained unknown. Here, we examined the primary and metastatic lesions that appeared 1 month after trauma in a patient with acral lentiginous melanoma....

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Main Authors: Keitaro Fukuda, Eiji Sugihara, Shoichiro Ohta, Kenji Izuhara, Takeru Funakoshi, Masayuki Amagai, Hideyuki Saya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4471156?pdf=render