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SUBMITTER: Bedal KB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3900656 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bedal Konstanze B KB Grässel Susanne S Oefner Peter J PJ Reinders Joerg J Reichert Torsten E TE Bauer Richard R
PloS one 20140123 1
Collagen XVI belongs to the family of fibril-associated collagens with interrupted triple helices (FACIT). It is overexpressed during the progression of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). The present data show a strong collagen XVI-dependent induction of MMP9 and an increase in OSCC cell invasion. We found activated integrin-linked kinase (ILK) in a complex with kindlin-1 and activation of protein kinase B (PKB/Akt) to be responsible for MMP9 induction. Inhibition of the formation of focal adh ...[more]