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Functional analysis implicating the SNP rs61552325 in ERBB2 as an effector for androgen-insensitive prostate cancer cell invasion.
Oncotarget - 16 May 2017
Xin Xianxiang, Gu Yinmin, Chen Yang, Huang Yuanjie, Mo Zengnan, Hu Yanling
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: As one of the most common cancers in men, the pathogenesis of prostate cancer has been widely researched. Aberrant activation of the erb-b2 receptor tyrosine kinase 2 (ERBB2) has been found to play a critical role in metastatic prostate cancer. In our previous study, we demonstrated that rs61552325 (Pro1140Ala) located in ERBB2 is strongly correlated to prostate cancer. Therefore, we initially studied...
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