Unruh, Dusten; Ünlü, Betü; Lewis, Clayton S.; Qi, Xiaoyang; Chu, Zhengtao; Sturm, Robert; Keil, Ryan; Ahmad, Syed A.; Sovershaev, Timofey; Adam, Mariette; Van Dreden, Patrick; Woodhams, Barry J.; Ramchandani, Divya; Weber, Georg F.; Rak, Janusz W.; Wolberg, Alisa S.; Mackman, Nigel; Versteeg, Henri H.; Bogdanov, Vladimir Y. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016)
Alternatively spliced Tissue Factor (asTF) is a secreted form of Tissue Factor (TF), the trigger of blood coagulation whose expression levels are heightened in several forms of solid cancer, including pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). asTF binds to β1 integrins on PDAC cells, whereby it promotes tumor growth, metastatic spread, and monocyte recruitment to the stroma. In this study, we determined ...