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Ezrin mediates growth and survival in Ewing's sarcoma through the AKT/mTOR, but not the MAPK, signaling pathway.
Clinical & experimental metastasis - 1 Jan 2006
Krishnan Kartik, Bruce Ben, Hewitt Stephen, Thomas Dafydd, Khanna Chand, Helman Lee J
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Recent reports on the role of the membrane-cytoskeleton linker protein ezrin in sarcomas showed an effect on the formation of metastases, dependent on the level of ezrin expression. In this study, we explore the role of ezrin in Ewing's sarcoma, a frequently fatal mesenchymal neoplasm of children and young adults. Through both immunohistochemistry and Western immunoblot studies we find ubiquitous, high-level...
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