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ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Martin Enge
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-34219 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Smith Stephen D SD Enge Martin M Bao Wenjie W Thullberg Minna M Costa Tânia D F TD Olofsson Helene H Gashi Behxhet B Selivanova Galina G Strömblad Staffan S
The Journal of biological chemistry 20120706 35
Protein kinase C α (PKCα) is overexpressed in numerous types of cancer. Importantly, PKCα has been linked to metastasis of malignant melanoma in patients. However, it has been unclear how PKCα may be regulated and how it exerts its role in melanoma. Here, we identified a role for PKCα in melanoma cell survival in a three-dimensional collagen model mimicking the in vivo pathophysiology of the dermis. A pathway was identified that involved integrin αv-mediated up-regulation of PKCα and PKCα-depend ...[more]