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Frequent Alterations of Smad Signaling in Human Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinomas: A Tissue Microarray Analysis
1 Jan 2003
Abstract excerpt
Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) ranks as the sixth most frequent cancer worldwide. HNSCC cell lines are typically refractory to transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta)-mediated cell cycle arrest. A number of these cell lines carry inactivating mutations of the TGF-beta type II (TbetaR-II) receptor, and fail to phosphorylate receptor-associated Smads, Smad2 and Smad3. In addition, we identified...
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