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Expression of the chemokine receptor CXCR7 in CXCR4-expressing human 143B osteosarcoma cells enhances lung metastasis of intratibial xenografts in SCID mice

Brennecke, Patrick ; Arlt, Matthias J. E. ; Muff, Roman ; Campanile, Carmen ; Gvozdenovic, Ana ; Husmann, Knut ; Holzwarth, Nathalie ; Cameroni, Elisabetta ; Ehrensperger, Felix ; Thelen, Marcus ; Born, Walter ; Fuchs, Bruno

In: Plos one, 2013, vol. 8, no. 9, p. e74045

More effective treatment of metastasizing osteosarcoma with a current mean 5-year survival rate of less than 20% requires more detailed knowledge on mechanisms and key regulatory molecules of the complex metastatic process. CXCR4, the receptor of the chemokine CXCL12, has been reported to promote tumor progression and metastasis in osteosarcoma. CXCR7 is a recently deorphanized...