Neuroendocrine tumors show altered expression of chondroitin sulfate, glypican 1, glypican 5 and syndecan 2 depending on their differentiation grade

Neuroendocrine tumors are found throughout the body and are important as they give rise to distinct clinical syndromes. Glycosaminoglycans, in proteoglycan form or as free chains, play vital roles in every step of tumor progression. Analyzing tumor samples with different degrees of histological diff...

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Main Authors: Olivia eGarcía-Suárez, Beatriz eGarcía, Iván eFernández-Vega, Aurora eAstudillo, Luis M Quirós
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fonc.2014.00015/full