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Expression of receptor activator of nuclear factor-kappaB is inversely correlated with metastatic phenotype in breast carcinoma.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 1 Jan 2005
Bhatia Pardeep, Sanders M Melinda, Hansen Marc F
Abstract excerpt
During normal bone remodeling, the receptor activator of nuclear factor-kappaB (RANK) interacts with its ligand RANKL, which is present on pre-osteoclasts, resulting in bone resorption and initiation of new bone formation. When breast cancer metastasizes to bone, normal bone remodeling is disturbed by invasion of tumor cells, resulting in osteolytic lesions. We have studied the expression of both RANK and RANKL...
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