The role of tenascin-C in tissue injury and tumorigenesis

Kim S. Midwood1, Gertraud Orend2
1Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology Division, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, 65 Aspenlea Road, Hammersmith, London, W6 8LH, UK
2Inserm U682, Strasbourg, 67200, France

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