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The positive is inside the negative: HER2-negative tumors can express the HER2 intracellular domain and present a HER2-positive phenotype.
Cancer letters - 1 Feb 2015
Panis Carolina, Pizzatti Luciana, Corrêa Stephany, Binato Renata, Lemos Gabriela Ferreira, da Silva do Amaral Herrera Ana Cristina, Seixas Teresa Fernandes, Cecchini Rubens, Abdelhay Eliana
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Overexpression of human epithelial growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) is a poor prognostic factor in breast cancer. HER2 is a transmembrane receptor comprising an extracellular domain (ECD), a single transmembrane domain, and an intracellular domain (ICD) with tyrosine-kinase activity. Receptor dimerization triggers pivotal effector pathways in cancer, such as phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) signaling....
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