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Journal of Zhejiang University. Medical sciences
; (6): 208-214, 2009.
Artigo
em Chinês
| WPRIM (Pacífico Ocidental)
| ID: wpr-310365
RESUMO
Distant metastasis is the main cause of cancer death. Tetraspanins (transmembrane 4 superfamily, TM4SF) is capable of forming transmembrane complexes with integrin family participating in cell adhesion, migration and tumor metastasis. This review elucidates the structure of tetraspanins and its function in regulating metastasis as form of multimolecular transmembrane complexes with integrin.