Adipocyte Secreted Factors Enhance Aggressiveness of Prostate Carcinoma Cells

Ângela Moreira; Sofia S. Pereira; Madalena Costa; Tiago Morais; Ana Pinto; Rúben Fernandes; Mariana P. Monteiro

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0123217

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Adipocyte Secreted Factors Enhance Aggressiveness of Prostate Carcinoma Cells

Ângela Moreira,

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Unit for Multidisciplinary Research in Biomedicine (UMIB), Institute for Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar (ICBAS), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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Sofia S. Pereira,

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Unit for Multidisciplinary Research in Biomedicine (UMIB), Institute for Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar (ICBAS), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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Madalena Costa,

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Unit for Multidisciplinary Research in Biomedicine (UMIB), Institute for Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar (ICBAS), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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Tiago Morais,

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Unit for Multidisciplinary Research in Biomedicine (UMIB), Institute for Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar (ICBAS), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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Ana Pinto,

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Unit for Multidisciplinary Research in Biomedicine (UMIB), Institute for Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar (ICBAS), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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Rúben Fernandes,

Affiliations Ciências Químicas e das Biomoléculas (CQB), Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde do Porto do Instituto Politécnico do Porto (ESTSP-IPP), Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal, Centro de Investigação em Saúde e Ambiente (CISA), Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde do Porto do Instituto Politécnico do Porto (ESTSP-IPP), Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
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Mariana P. Monteiro

* E-mail: mpmonteiro@icbas.up.pt

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Unit for Multidisciplinary Research in Biomedicine (UMIB), Institute for Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar (ICBAS), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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Adipocyte Secreted Factors Enhance Aggressiveness of Prostate Carcinoma Cells

Ângela Moreira,
Sofia S. Pereira,
Madalena Costa,
Tiago Morais,
Ana Pinto,
Rúben Fernandes,
Mariana P. Monteiro

Published: April 30, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0123217

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