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Fibroblast growth factors and their receptors in cancer.
The Biochemical journal - 15 Jul 2011
Wesche Jørgen, Haglund Kaisa, Haugsten Ellen Margrethe
Abstract excerpt
FGFs (fibroblast growth factors) and their receptors (FGFRs) play essential roles in tightly regulating cell proliferation, survival, migration and differentiation during development and adult life. Deregulation of FGFR signalling, on the other hand, has been associated with many developmental syndromes, and with human cancer. In cancer, FGFRs have been found to become overactivated by several mechanisms,...
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