Emerging role of CCN family proteins in tumorigenesis and cancer metastasis (Review)
- Authors:
- Jun Li
- Lin Ye
- Sioned Owen
- Hoi Ping Weeks
- Zhongtao Zhang
- Wen G. Jiang
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Affiliations: Department of General Surgery, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100050, P.R. China, Cardiff China Medical Research Collaborative, Institute of Cancer and Genetics, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff, CF14 4XN, UK - Published online on: October 23, 2015 https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm.2015.2390
- Pages: 1451-1463
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Copyright: © Li et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.
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