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| rdf:type | |
| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
3
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
1996-11-18
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| pubmed:abstractText |
Recent studies suggest that aspartic proteinase cathepsin D may be implicated in tumor invasion and metastasis either directly by degrading extracellular matrix or indirectly by activating the cysteine proteinases such as procathepsin B, H, and L to mature forms or by inactivating cysteine proteinase inhibitors. In this study we determined for the first time whether increased levels of cathepsin D correlate with glioma progression by enzymatic assay, ELISA, and western blotting. Cathepsin D activity and content were higher in anaplastic astrocytoma and in glioblastoma tissue extracts especially when compared to normal brain tissue and low-grade gliomas. There was a significantly increased intensity of an M(r) 29,000 band in glioblastoma and anaplastic astrocytoma compared to low-grade glioma and normal brain tissue on Western blotting analysis using its specific antibodies. Cathepsin D antibody inhibited the invasion of glioblastoma cell lines in a dose-dependent manner. These results suggest that the expression of cathepsin D is dramatically upregulated in malignant gliomas, and that its increase correlates with the malignant progression of human gliomas in vivo.
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| pubmed:grant | |
| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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| pubmed:chemical | |
| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:month |
Apr
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| pubmed:issn |
0304-3940
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:day |
26
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| pubmed:volume |
208
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
171-4
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2007-11-14
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| pubmed:meshHeading | |
| pubmed:year |
1996
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
Expression of cathepsin D during the progression of human gliomas.
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| pubmed:affiliation |
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston 77030, USA.
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.,
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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