Semi-quantitation of urokinase plasminogen activator and its receptor in breast carcinomas by immunocytochemistry

The urokinase-type plasminogen activator system in cancer metastasis: A review

1997 • 1,561 citations

Urokinase-type plasminogen activator is expressed in stromal cells and its receptor in cancer cells at invasive foci in human colon adenocarcinomas.

1991 • 440 citations

Activation of hepatocyte growth factor by the plasminogen activators uPA and tPA.

1993 • 379 citations

The role of proteolytic enzymes in cancer invasion and metastasis

1992 • 372 citations

Urokinase (uPA) and its inhibitor PAI-1 are strong and independent prognostic factors in node-negative breast cancer

1993 • 367 citations

Hepatocyte growth factor: a multifunctional cytokine

1995 • 324 citations

Proteases as prognostic markers in cancer.

1996 • 319 citations

Receptor for urokinase is present in tumor-associated macrophages in ductal breast carcinoma.

1993 • 192 citations

Prognostic significance of the receptor for urokinase plasminogen activator in breast cancer.

1995 • 175 citations

The urokinase receptor is expressed in invasive breast cancer but not in normal breast tissue.

1994 • 153 citations

Plasminogen activators, their inhibitors, and urokinase receptor emerge in late stages of melanocytic tumor progression.

1994 • 150 citations

Urokinase plasminogen activator and urokinase plasminogen activator receptor in breast cancer

1995 • 150 citations

Plasminogen activation in healing human wounds.

1994 • 119 citations

Messenger RNA for urokinase plasminogen activator is expressed in myofibroblasts adjacent to cancer cells in human breast cancer.

1996 • 110 citations

Immunohistochemical localization of urokinase-type plasminogen activator, type-1 plasminogen-activator inhibitor, urokinase receptor and α2-macroglobulin receptor in human breast carcinomas

1996 • 102 citations

Human urokinase receptor concentration in malignant and benign breast tumors by in vitro quantitative autoradiography: comparison with urokinase levels.

1993 • 102 citations

Expression and localization of elements of the plasminogen activation system in benign breast disease and breast cancers

1993 • 92 citations

Tissue distribution of soluble and receptor-bound urokinase in human breast cancer using a panel of monoclonal antibodies.

1994 • 60 citations

Upregulation of Cell-Surface-Associated Plasminogen Activation in Cultured Keratinocytes by Interleukin-1βand Tumor Necrosis Factor-α

1996 • 53 citations

Cellular localisation byin situ hybridisation of cathepsin D, stromelysin 3, and urokinase plasminogen activator RNAs in breast cancer

1996 • 30 citations