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Overexpression of phospho-Akt correlates with phosphorylation of EGF receptor, FKHR and BAD in nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
Oncology reports - 1 Feb 2008
Yip Wai Kien, Leong Vincent Ching Shian, Abdullah Maizaton Atmadini, Yusoff Suryati, Seow Heng Fong
Abstract excerpt
The Akt pathway is one of the most common molecular alterations in various human malignancies. However, its involvement in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) tumorigenesis has not been well established. In this study, the status of Akt activation and expression of its upstream and downstream molecules was investigated in 64 NPC and 38 non-malignant nasopharyngeal tissues by immunohistochemistry. The hotspot mutations...
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