Project description:Expression of the membrane glycoprotein podoplanin is upregulated in several human cancers and might be associated with their malignant progression. The exact biological function and molecular targets of cancer cell-expressed podoplanin have remained unclear, however. Here, we ectopically overexpressed podoplanin in a human breast carcinoma xenograft model to study its role in cancer progression. To identify molecular mediators of podoplanin-induced effects we compared transcriptional profiles of podoplanin-overexpressing and control tumors. Keywords: comparative transcriptional profiling
