Adipocyte-released factors enhance melanocyte’s proliferation and motility

Fernandes, Rúben; Coelho, Pedro; Almeida, Joana; Prudêncio, Cristina; Soares, Raquel

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Obesity, favored by the modern lifestyle, acquired epidemic proportions nowadays. Obesity has been associated with various major causes of death and morbidity including malignant neoplasms. Cutaneous melanoma incidence rates have also been increasing uring the last four decades in several countries. Obesity involvement in melanoma etiology has been recognized, but the implicated mechanisms remain unclear. We propose to address the above relationship and investigate the mechanism interplaying between obesity and an increased risk of melanoma onset.

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Obesity Melanoma Adipocytes Cancer proliferation Cancer motility

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http://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/19023

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Fernandes, R., Coelho, P., Almeida, J., Prudêncio, C., & Soares, R. (2013). Adipocyte-Released Factors Enhance Melanocyte’s Proliferation and Motility. 17.º Congresso Português de Obesidade - Da Patogénese à Prevenção da Obesidade, Porto.