Population
23 human bladder cancer tissue specimens, 5 normal bladder tissue specimens, 17 human cancer cell lines, and…
Comparison
Ectopic expression of wild-type periostin… vs Control vector or original cancer cells
Design
Preclinical
Authors
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Periostin Variant I lacks metastasis suppression in bladder cancer models; leaves open its role and therapeutic targeting in patients.
The loss of wild-type periostin and the emergence of its spliced Variant I are closely associated with bladder cancer development and the loss of metastasis suppression.
Kim et al. (2008) studied this question.
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