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Characterization of an antibody that can detect an activated IGF-I receptor in human cancers.
Experimental cell research - 25 Aug 1999
Rubini M, D'Ambrosio C, Carturan S, Yumet G, Catalano E, Shan S, Huang Z, Criscuolo M, Pifferi M, Baserga R
Abstract excerpt
The type 1 insulin-like growth factor receptor (IGF-IR) plays an important role in malignant transformation and in apoptosis. Its role in human cancer has now been firmly established. IGF-IR signaling occurs only when the receptor is activated by its ligands, which induce autophosphorylation of the receptor at several tyrosine residues. Although the IGF-IR (phosphorylated or not) can be detected in human cancers...
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