microRNA-193a stimulates pancreatic cancer cell repopulation and metastasis through modulating TGF-β2/TGF-βRIII signalings

Abstract Background Pancreatic cancer characterizes high recurrence and poor prognosis. In clinical practice, radiotherapy is widely used for pancreatic cancer treatment. However, the outcome remains undesirable due to tumor repopulation and following recurrence and metastasis after radiation. So, i...

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Main Authors: Chi Fang, Chen-yun Dai, Zhu Mei, Ming-jie Jiang, Dian-na Gu, Qian Huang, Ling Tian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-02-01
Series:Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13046-018-0697-3