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The balance of cell surface and soluble type III TGF-β receptor regulates BMP signaling in normal and cancerous mammary epithelial cells.
Neoplasia (New York, N.Y.) - 1 Jun 2014
Gatza Catherine E, Elderbroom Jennifer L, Oh Sun Young, Starr Mark D, Nixon Andrew B, Blobe Gerard C
Abstract excerpt
Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) are members of the TGF-β superfamily that are over-expressed in breast cancer, with context dependent effects on breast cancer pathogenesis. The type III TGF-β receptor (TβRIII) mediates BMP signaling. While TβRIII expression is lost during breast cancer progression, the role of TβRIII in regulating BMP signaling in normal mammary epithelium and breast cancer cells has not been...
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