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Expression of enhancing factor/phospholipase A2 in skin results in abnormal epidermis and increased sensitivity to chemical carcinogenesis.
Oncogene - 3 Apr 2003
Mulherkar Rita, Kirtane Bhakti M, Ramchandani Asha, Mansukhani Nirmala P, Kannan Sadhana, Naresh Kikkeri N
Abstract excerpt
Enhancing factor (EF), a growth factor modulator, is the mouse homologue of human secretory group II phospholipase A(2). EF exhibits growth-promoting activity in vitro, in the presence of epidermal growth factor, and also brings about phenotypic transformation of normal cells. In order to ascertain the role of EF in vivo, a human keratin-14 promoter was used to drive the expression of EF ectopically to squamous...
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