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Immunohistochemical analysis of the mutant epidermal growth factor, deltaEGFR, in glioblastoma.
Brain tumor pathology - 1 Jan 2004
Nishikawa Ryo, Sugiyama Tatsuya, Narita Yoshitaka, Furnari Frank, Cavenee Webster K, Matsutani Masao
Abstract excerpt
The naturally occurring mutated form of the epidermal growth factor receptor, deltaEGFR (also named EGFRvIII and de2-7EGFR), greatly enhances glioblastoma (GBM) cell growth in vivo through several activities, such as down-regulating p27 and up-regulating BclX(L) while increasing signaling through the RAS-MAPK and PI3-K cascades. More than half of GBMs, especially of the de novo type, overexpress EGFR, and 50%-70%...
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