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Overexpression of Akt converts radial growth melanoma to vertical growth melanoma.
The Journal of clinical investigation - 1 Mar 2007
Govindarajan Baskaran, Sligh James E, Vincent Bethaney J, Li Meiling, Canter Jeffrey A, Nickoloff Brian J, Rodenburg Richard J, Smeitink Jan A, Oberley Larry, Zhang Yuping, Slingerland Joyce, Arnold Rebecca S, Lambeth J David, Cohen Cynthia, Hilenski Lu, Griendling Kathy, Martínez-Diez Marta, Cuezva José M, Arbiser Jack L
Abstract excerpt
Melanoma is the cancer with the highest increase in incidence, and transformation of radial growth to vertical growth (i.e., noninvasive to invasive) melanoma is required for invasive disease and metastasis. We have previously shown that p42/p44 MAP kinase is activated in radial growth melanoma,...
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