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Somatic mutation and gain of copy number of PIK3CA in human breast cancer.
Breast cancer research : BCR - 1 Jan 2005
Wu Guojun, Xing Mingzhao, Mambo Elizabeth, Huang Xin, Liu Junwei, Guo Zhongmin, Chatterjee Aditi, Goldenberg David, Gollin Susanne M, Sukumar Saraswati, Trink Barry, Sidransky David
Abstract excerpt
INTRODUCTION: Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinases (PI3Ks) are a group of lipid kinases that regulate signaling pathways involved in cell proliferation, adhesion, survival, and motility. Even though PIK3CA amplification and somatic mutation have been reported previously in various kinds of human cancers, the genetic change in PIK3CA in human breast cancer has not been clearly identified. METHODS: Fifteen breast cancer...
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