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. 2021 Apr 12;22(8):3953. doi: 10.3390/ijms22083953

Figure 5.

Figure 5

The binding of hyaluronan to the extracellular domain of CD44 initiates pro-tumoral signaling. The intracellular portion of CD44 undergoes intra-membrane proteolysis releasing the intra-cytoplasmic domain that promotes the transcription of genes that induce survival, migration, invasion, metastasis, and angiogenesis. [75].