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Epidermal hyperplasia induced by Raf-MAPK signaling requires Stat3 activation.
Journal of dermatological science - 1 Nov 2013
Tarutani Masahito, Nakajima Kimiko, Takaishi Mikiro, Ohko Kentaro, Sano Shigetoshi
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BACKGROUND: Raf is one of the downstream effectors of Ras GTPases, and plays a key role in regulating cell proliferation and differentiation through the activation of MAPK. We have previously demonstrated that temporal induction of Raf in the epidermis of K14-Raf:ER transgenic mice results in epidermal hyperplasia resembling squamous cell carcinoma and psoriasis. It has been demonstrated that epidermal Stat3...
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