MSK,Cspg,chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan,CSPG4,HMW-MAA,MCSP,MCSPG,MEL-CSPG,MSK16,NG2,chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan 4,chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan 4,HMW-MAA,MCSP,MCSPG,MEL-CSPG,MSK16,NG2,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.