The Cancer Degradome Proteases and Cancer Biology /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Edwards, Dylan (Editor), Høyer-Hansen, Gunilla (Editor), Blasi, Francesco (Editor), Sloane, Bonnie F. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2008.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Cancer research.; Human genetics.; Immunology.; Medical microbiology.; Molecular biology.; Virology.; Biomedicine.; Cancer Research.; Human Genetics.; Medical Microbiology.; Molecular Medicine.

Proteases that act in the extracellular environment have been historically associated with tumorigenesis and metastasis by virtue of their ability to carry out "path-clearing" for cancer cells. In the past few years it has become clear that they also shape the pericellular signaling enviro...