Article
Growth factors and oncogenes in pancreatic cancer.
Bailliere's clinical gastroenterology - 1 Dec 1990
Lemoine N R, Hall P A
Abstract excerpt
There are abnormalities in the structure and/or function of several oncogenes and growth factors in human pancreatic cancer, notably the EGF receptor and its ligand TGF alpha, c-erb B-2 proto-oncogene, Ki-ras oncogene and the tumour suppressor gene p53. The temporal sequence of their activation and the nature of the aetiological agents responsible for their activation are not yet clear. In vitro pancreatic...
Topics
- Animals
- Cytoplasm
- Genes, ras
- Growth Substances
- Humans
- Neoplasms, Experimental
- Oncogene Proteins, Viral
- Oncogenes
- Pancreatic Neoplasms
- Phenotype
- Proto-Oncogene Mas
- Simian virus 40
