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Targeting BRAFV600E with PLX4720 displays potent antimigratory and anti-invasive activity in preclinical models of human thyroid cancer.
The oncologist - 1 Jan 2011
Nucera Carmelo, Nehs Matthew A, Nagarkatti Sushruta S, Sadow Peter M, Mekel Michal, Fischer Andrew H, Lin Paul S, Bollag Gideon E, Lawler Jack, Hodin Richard A, Parangi Sareh
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: B-Raf(V600E) may play a role in the progression from papillary thyroid cancer to anaplastic thyroid cancer (ATC). We tested the effects of a highly selective B-Raf(V600E) inhibitor, PLX4720, on proliferation, migration, and invasion both in human thyroid cancer cell lines (8505c(B-RafV600E) and TPC-1(RET/PTC-1 and wild-type B-Raf)) and in primary human normal thyroid (NT) follicular cells engineered with...
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