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New breast cancer research from Wayne State University described

Published in Cancer Weekly, July 8th, 2008

"Overexpression of p21-activated kinase 1 (PAK1) occurs during the progression of human breast cancer. We have investigated the role of PAK1 in the premalignant progression of the MCF10 series of human breast epithelial cell lines," scientists in the United States report.

"Levels of PAK1 expression and activation increased with premalignant progression, and expression of dominant-negative (DN) PAK1 reduced both cell proliferation and migration/invasion. In three-dimensional (3D) overlay cultures in reconstituted basement membrane, the MCF10 series produced an in vitro model for premalignant progression. MCF10AneoT cells formed a hyperplastic morphology in which some...

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