Meanings
adjectiveprotumorigenic (comparative more protumorigenic, superlative most protumorigenic)
comparative more protumorigenic · superlative most protumorigenic
- Promoting tumorigenesis.
Conflicting data has shown antitumorigenic or protumorigenic functions on macrophages in particular, however our data indicates macrophages play a protumorigenic role in GC patients.
2015 July 31, “Macrophage Infiltration Induces Gastric Cancer Invasiveness by Activating the β-Catenin Pathway”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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