Product Code: CB0835
Catalog Number | Unit Size | Price |
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CB0835-100 Tests | 100 Tests | Online Inquiry |
Description
Cripto-1 (teratocarcinoma-derived growth factor-1) is the original member of EGF-cripto-1-FRL-1-cryptic (CFC) family of vertebrate signaling molecules which is essential for embryonic development and it implicates in carcinogenesis also. Cripto1 functions as a co-receptor for NODAL (TGF-beta member) and is essential for mesoderm as well as endoderm formation and anterior-posterior and left-right axis establishment. After executing key functions during embryonic development, it dramatically disappears in adult tissues (except stem cells). Moreover, in adult life it gets re-expressed in several type of tumors wherein it promotes cell proliferation, migration, invasion, EMT, and angiogenesis.
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