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Eph/Ephrin Signaling in the Tumor Microenvironment.

Katsuaki Ieguchi1, Yoshiro Maru2

  • 1Department of Pharmacology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan. kieguchi@twmu.ac.jp.

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
|October 30, 2020
PubMed
Summary

The Eph/ephrin system is crucial for normal bodily functions and implicated in diseases like cancer. Targeting this system within the tumor microenvironment offers a promising therapeutic strategy.

Keywords:
ADAMAngiogenesisBreast cancerCancer stem cellColon cancerEphEphrinImmune therapyMAPKMetastasisPD-L1PrognosisRasRhoATumor Progression

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