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Fatty acid binding protein 7 expression and its sub-cellular localization in breast cancer.
Breast cancer research and treatment - 1 Jul 2012
Alshareeda Alaa T, Rakha Emad A, Nolan Christopher C, Ellis Ian O, Green Andrew R
Abstract excerpt
FABP7 is a member of the multi-gene fatty acid binding protein family. It is expressed in the mammary gland and has been shown to function as inhibitor of proliferation of breast tumour cells and to promote differentiation through the JAK/Stat pathway. Cytoplasmic FABP7 expression has been shown to be associated with a favourable prognosis of basal-like breast cancer. In other tissues, varying sub-cellular...
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