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Identifying the ErbB/MAPK Signaling Cascade as a Therapeutic Target in Canine Bladder Cancer.
Molecular pharmacology - 1 Jul 2019
Cronise Kathryn E, Hernandez Belen G, Gustafson Daniel L, Duval Dawn L
Abstract excerpt
Transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) of the bladder comprises 2% of diagnosed canine cancers. TCC tumors are generally inoperable and unresponsive to traditional chemotherapy, indicating a need for more effective therapies. BRAF, a kinase in the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway, is mutated in 70% of canine TCCs. In this study, we use BRAF mutant and wild-type TCC cell lines to characterize the role of...
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