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. 2014 Oct 28;20(40):14747–14759. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i40.14747

Figure 5.

Figure 5

Pro- and anti-tumorigenic roles of osteonectin in pancreatic cancer development and progression. Osteonectin (ON) is a multifaceted protein with controversial functions of its structural domains. ON is anti-tumorigenic and inhibits proliferation, migration, colony and xenograft formation as well as invasiveness. Facilitation of pericyte migration by ON contributes to inhibition of tumor spread. However, ON is also pro-tumorigenic and induces invasiveness.