Transcription Factors Regulating Blood Oxygen Linked to Melanoma Metastases (IMAGE)

University of North Carolina Health Care

Transcription Factors Regulating Blood Oxygen Linked to Melanoma Metastases

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Melanoma cells express a higher amount of invasive invadopodia under hypoxic conditions than at normal oxygen levels. Hypoxia is linked to tumor metastasis in melanoma.

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Kim Lab, UNC School of Medicine

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