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ERK/MAPK regulation of the androgen responsiveness of breast cancer cells.
Advances in experimental medicine and biology - 1 Jan 2008
Azzam Diana G, Tay Jasmine W T, Greeve Melissa A, Harvey Jennet M, Bentel Jacqueline M
Abstract excerpt
The androgen receptor (AR) is the most widely expressed steroid hormone receptor in human breast cancers and androgens including 5alpha-dihydrotestosterone are potent inhibitors of breast cancer cell proliferation. The extracellular signal-regulated mitogen activated protein kinase (ERK/MAPK) pathway is hyperactivated in a proportion of breast tumors and can interact with steroid hormone receptor signaling by...
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