Abstract:Although the stiffness of tissues likely is involved in the malignant behavior of tumors, it remains to be clarified which molecules control the nature, how it is involved in the invasiveness of tumors, or whether any marker is available for the prediction of cancer patient prognosis. In the present study, we studied the role of Myl9, a non-muscle-type, myosin light chain by the experiment in vitro, and assessed the usefulness in the stratification of patients in vivo as the precision medicine. Given that Myl9… Show more
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