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Overexpression of the pro-protein convertase furin predicts prognosis and promotes papillary thyroid carcinoma progression and metastasis through RAF/MEK signaling.
Molecular oncology - 1 Jul 2023
Poyil Pratheesh Kumar, Siraj Abdul K, Padmaja Divya, Parvathareddy Sandeep Kumar, Diaz Roxanne, Thangavel Saravanan, Begum Rafia, Haqawi Wael, Al-Mohanna Falah Hassan, Al-Sobhi Saif S, Al-Dayel Fouad, Al-Kuraya Khawla S
Abstract excerpt
Furin belongs to the pro-protein convertases (PCs) family and its aberrant expression has been documented in various types of cancers; however, its role in thyroid cancer remains unclear. We investigated the expression of furin in a large cohort of Middle Eastern papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) patient samples and explored its functional role and mechanism in PTC cell lines in vitro and in vivo. Furin...
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