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Leptin serves as angiogenic/mitogenic factor in melanoma tumor growth

BACKGROUND: Tumor development is angiogenesis dependent. There is evidence that leptin contributes to tumor growth. However, all the mechanisms by which leptin does this has not been clearly established. The objective of the present study was to test the hypothesis that leptin enhances melanoma tumo...

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Autores principales: Amjadi, Fatemehsadat, Mehdipoor, Roshanak, Zarkesh-Esfahani, Hamid, Javanmard, Shaghayegh Haghjooy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4976532/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27563637
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2277-9175.187005