Transgenic mouse models of human breast cancer.

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The pathogenesis of human breast cancer is thought to involve multiple genetic events, the majority of which fall into two categories, gain of function mutations in proto-oncogenes such as c-myc, cyclin D1, ErbB-2 and various growth factors which are involved in supporting cell growth, division and survival, and loss of function mutations in so called 'tumor suppressor' genes, such as p53, which are involved in...

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