The crossroads of adenosinergic pathway and epithelial-mesenchymal plasticity in cancer

Seminars in Cancer Biology - Tập 86 - Trang 202-213 - 2022
Isabele Cristiana Iser1, Samlai Vedovatto2, Fernanda Dittrich Oliveira2, Liziane Raquel Beckenkamp1, Guido Lenz2, Márcia Rosângela Wink1
1Department of Basics Health Sciences and Laboratory of Cell Biology, Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre (UFCSPA), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
2Department of Biophysics and Center of Biotechnology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

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