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c-Met is a potentially new therapeutic target for treatment of human melanoma.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 1 Apr 2007
Puri Neelu, Ahmed Salman, Janamanchi Varalakshmi, Tretiakova Maria, Zumba Osvaldo, Krausz Thomas, Jagadeeswaran Ramasamy, Salgia Ravi
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PURPOSE: c-Met is a receptor tyrosine kinase involved in cell growth, invasion, metastases, and angiogenesis. In this study, we investigated the role of c-Met in melanoma biology using a novel small-molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitor SU11274 and small interfering (si) RNA against the receptor. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: The effects of SU11274 and c-Met siRNA were studied on proliferation, apoptosis, differentiation,...
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