Plasma fibronectin prepared from patients with metastatic breast cancer shows in vitro aggregation property.
Plasma fibronectin purified from the plasma of metastatic breast cancer patients has been studied by light scattering. It clearly shows abnormal self-aggregation properties; the possible significance of these findings to the in vivo situation is discussed.
Vuillard
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Department of Biochemistry, University of Edinburgh Medical School, Scotland.
Miller
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Sizer
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PJ
D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000097:blood*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000097:blood* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005353:Fibronectins / Q000097:blood* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D008027:Light; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D013057:Spectrum Analysis
D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D005353:Fibronectins