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A phase 0 trial of riluzole in patients with resectable stage III and IV melanoma.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 1 Jun 2009
Yip Dana, Le Maithao N, Chan Joseph L-K, Lee Jonathan H, Mehnert Janice A, Yudd Anthony, Kempf Jeffery, Shih Weichung J, Chen Suzie, Goydos James S
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PURPOSE: Ectopic expression of GRM1 in murine melanocytes results in transformation into a form of melanoma, and more than 60% of human melanoma samples tested ectopically express GRM1. Stimulation of this receptor in vitro results in up-regulation of activated extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK). Furthermore, a xenograft model of melanoma treated with riluzole, an oral GRM1 blocking agent, showed...
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