TY - JOUR T1 - The Intercellular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 (ICAM-1) in Lung Cancer: Implications for Disease Progression and Prognosis JF - Anticancer Research JO - Anticancer Res SP - 4665 LP - 4672 VL - 34 IS - 9 AU - ELIAS A. KOTTEAS AU - PANAGIOTIS BOULAS AU - IOANNIS GKIOZOS AU - SOFIA TSAGKOULI AU - GEORGE TSOUKALAS AU - KONSTANTINOS N. SYRIGOS Y1 - 2014/09/01 UR - http://ar.iiarjournals.org/content/34/9/4665.abstract N2 - The intercellular cell-adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) is a transmembrane molecule and a distinguished member of the Immunoglobulin superfamily of proteins that participates in many important processes, including leukocyte endothelial transmigration, cell signaling, cell-cell interaction, cell polarity and tissue stability. ICAM-1and its soluble part are highly expressed in inflammatory conditions, chronic diseases and a number of malignancies. In the present article we present the implications of ICAM-1 in the progression and prognosis of one of the major global killers of our era: lung cancer. ER -