The potential of PAI-1 expression in needle biopsies as a predictive marker for prostate cancer

The relative abundance of urokinase plasminogen activator (uPA) and plasminogen activator inhibitor type-1 (PAI-1) in transurethral resections of the prostate (TURP) has been shown to correlate with disease state. The objective of this study was to assay for uPA and PAI-1 in prostate needle biopsies...

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Main Authors: Antonio Serafin, Lothar Böhm, Pedro Fernandez, Daniel Achel, John Akudugu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2016-12-01
Series:Cogent Medicine
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2331205X.2016.1183275