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Spheroid Assay to Measure TGF-β-induced Invasion
Published on: November 16, 2011
Immunohistochemical identification of transforming growth factor-beta and its binding protein in human
1Department of Pathology and Surgery, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.
The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine
|October 1, 1992
Abstract:
We attempted to clarify the tissue localization of TGF-beta and latent TGF-beta binding protein (LTBP) in human gastrointestinal carcinomas by immunohistochemistry. The immunoreactivity for TGF-beta was observed in both carcinoma cells and stromal cells, particularly in diffuse-type gastric carcinoma. The immunoreactivity for LTBP was observed only in stromal cells. These results suggest that both carcinoma cells and stromal cells may produce TGF-beta, and that only stromal cells may produce LTBP in gastrointestinal carcinoma.

