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Over-expression of parathyroid hormone Type 1 receptor confers an aggressive phenotype in osteosarcoma.
International journal of cancer - 1 Sept 2007
Yang Rui, Hoang Bang H, Kubo Tadahiko, Kawano Hirotaka, Chou Alexander, Sowers Rebecca, Huvos Andrew G, Meyers Paul A, Healey John H, Gorlick Richard
Abstract excerpt
Osteosarcoma is the most common primary bone malignancy in children and is associated with rapid bone growth. Parathyroid hormone-related peptide (PTHrP) signaling via parathyroid hormone Type 1 receptor (PTHR1) is important for skeletal development and is involved in bone metastases in other tumors. The aim of this study was to investigate the status of PTHrP/PTHR1 and its possible role in osteosarcoma. In a...
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