Tm. Surgova et Mv. Sidorenko, REGULATION OF PLASMINOGEN-ACTIVATOR OF UR OKINASE-TYPE IN NORM, TUMOR-GROWTH AND METASTATIC SPREADING, Eksperimental'naa onkologia, 16(1), 1994, pp. 22-32
The present status of our knowledge of the plasminogen activator of ur
okinase type under nonneoplastic conditions, in tumour growth and meta
static spreading is reviewed. The data on regulation of this system in
vivo and in cell cultures are considered. Probable correlation betwee
n oncogene-associated transformation, cellular proliferation, plasmino
gen activator expression and tumor invasion and metastatic spreading i
s discussed.