Molecular and phenotypic expression of decorin as modulator of angiogenesis in human potentially malignant oral lesions and oral squamous cell carcinomas

• Main Authors: Seema Nayak (Author), Madhu Mati Goel (Author), Vikram Bhatia (Author), Saumya Chandra (Author), Annu Makker (Author), Sandeep Kumar (Author), Satya Prakash Agrawal (Author), Divya Mehrotra (Author), Srikanta Kumar Rath (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Decorin is an extracellular matrix, multifunctional small proteoglycan molecule in tumor stroma that has been shown to be modulator of angiogenesis. No clinical data is available so far on decorin expression and survival outcome of oral cancer. Aim: The aim of the present study was to ex...