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SUBMITTER: Su CW
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5278657 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Su Chun-Wen CW Su Bo-Feng BF Chiang Whei-Ling WL Yang Shun-Fa SF Chen Mu-Kuan MK Lin Chiao-Wen CW
International journal of medical sciences 20170101 1
Oral cancer is the most common malignancy with poor prognosis and is the fourth most common cancer in men in Taiwan. The tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-3 (TIMP3) acts as a tumor suppressor gene by inhibiting the growth, angiogenesis, migration, and invasion of cancer cells. However, few studies have examined the association of plasma TIMP3 levels with oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC), and the role of plasma TIMP3 levels in OSCC progression is still unclear. We measured the plasma TIMP3 ...[more]