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Metabotropic glutamate receptor-1: a potential therapeutic target for the treatment of breast cancer.
Breast cancer research and treatment - 1 Apr 2012
Speyer Cecilia L, Smith Jennifer S, Banda Malathi, DeVries John A, Mekani Tassia, Gorski David H
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Metabotropic glutamate receptors are G-protein-coupled receptors normally expressed in the central nervous system where they mediate neuronal excitability, synaptic plasticity, and feedback inhibition of neurotransmitter release. However, recent data suggest that these receptors are also expressed and functional in some cancers, most notably melanoma. We detected the expression of metabotropic glutamate...
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