A human melanoma-associated chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan plays a role in stabilizing cell-substratum interactions during early events of melanoma cell spreading on endothelial basement membranes. CSPG4 represents an integral membrane chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan expressed by human malignant melanoma cells.,CSPG4,HMW-MAA,MCSP,MCSPG,MEL-CSPG,MSK16,NG2,Cancer,Invasion and Metastasis,Cell Biology & Developmental Biology,Cell Adhesion,Neuroscience,Cell Type Marker,Stem Cells,Cardiovascular,Angiogenesis,Oligodendrocyte marker,CSPG4