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Insulin receptor substrate-1 regulates the transformed phenotype of BT-20 human mammary cancer cells.
Cancer research - 1 Mar 2007
Dalmizrak Ozlem, Wu An, Chen Jia, Sun Hongzhi, Utama Fransiscus E, Zambelli Diana, Tran Thai H, Rui Hallgeir, Baserga Renato
Abstract excerpt
Although originating from a human breast cancer, BT-20 cells do not form colonies in soft agar. BT-20 cells do not express insulin receptor substrate-1 (IRS-1), which is known to promote both normal and abnormal growth and to inhibit differentiation. Stable expression of IRS-1 confers to BT-20 cells the ability to form colonies in soft agar. BT-20 cells form tumors in xenografts in mice, but the size of tumors is...
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