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Dysregulated PTEN-PKB and negative receptor status in human breast cancer.
International journal of cancer - 20 Mar 2003
Shi Wei, Zhang Xinghe, Pintilie Melania, Ma Nancy, Miller Naomi, Banerjee Diponkar, Tsao Ming-Sound, Mak Tak, Fyles Anthony, Liu Fei-Fei
Abstract excerpt
Recent studies demonstrate that abnormalities in PTEN may be one of the most frequent genetic events observed in human cancers. PTEN dysfunction leads to tumorigenesis through unopposed survival signals mediated via activated protein kinase B (PKB), which may also be associated with hormone-independence. We therefore investigated the relationship between PTEN-PKB and receptor status in human breast cancer....
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