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Prevalence of ESR1 E380Q mutation in tumor tissue and plasma from Japanese breast cancer patients.
BMC cancer - 22 Nov 2017
Takeshita Takashi, Yamamoto Yutaka, Yamamoto-Ibusuki Mutsuko, Sueta Aiko, Tomiguchi Mai, Murakami Keiichi, Omoto Yoko, Iwase Hirotaka
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BACKGROUND: ESR1 mutations have attracted attention as a potentially important marker and treatment target in endocrine therapy-resistant breast cancer patients. The E380Q mutation, which is one of the ESR1 mutations, is associated with estradiol (E2) hypersensitivity, increased DNA binding to the estrogen response element, and E2-independent constitutive trans-activation activity, but its frequency in ESR1...
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