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Tumorigenesis
Protein kinases play important roles in mammary gland development and cancer
December 26th, 2002
Receptor-tyrosine kinases "may have important implications in designing strategies against breast cancer," say M.D. Anderson Cancer Center researchers. "Protein kinases, the enzymes responsible for phosphorylation of a wide variety of proteins, are the largest class of genes known to regulate growth, development, and neoplastic transformation of mammary gland. Mammary gland growth and maturation consist of a series of highly ordered events involving interactions among several distinct cell types that are regulated by complex interactions among many steroid hormones and growth factors. "The mammary gland is one of the few organ systems in mammals...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2002-12-26)
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