title: Metastatic intraperitoneal spread is initiated by phospholipase A2.
abstract: A new hypothesis is introduced, i.e. that intraperitoneal tumor spread is initiated by activation of phospholipase A2. This view may well have some new therapeutic implications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Institute of Oncology, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Snoj
mesh_terms: D004789:Enzyme Activation; D005260:Female; D005770:Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D005833:Genital Neoplasms, Female / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000556:secondary*; D010741:Phospholipases A / Q000378:metabolism*; D054467:Phospholipases A2
chemical_list: D010741:Phospholipases A; D054467:Phospholipases A2