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Receptor for activated protein C kinase 1 (RACK1) is overexpressed in papillary thyroid carcinoma.
Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association - 1 Nov 2011
Myklebust Line M, Akslen Lars A, Varhaug Jan Erik, Lillehaug Johan R
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BACKGROUND: The receptor for activated C kinase 1 (RACK1) has been shown to be overexpressed in several types of cancers such as breast, colon, melanomas, and lung. RACK1 is linked to Ras-Raf-mediated signal transduction and transformed foci formation of 3T3 cells in vitro, and since this pathway is central in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) oncogenesis, we hypothesized that RACK1 could play a role in the...
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