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Breast Cancer
Cell stress protein linked to aggressive breast cancer disease
January 26th, 2006
A new study has demonstrated that a protein called alphaB-crystallin, which normally protects cells from stress damage, triggers events that may cause breast cancer when overactive. Researchers found that women whose breast tumors express the alphaB-crystallin protein have a shorter survival, suggesting that alphaB-crystallin may be a useful molecular marker to identify women with aggressive breast cancer and to develop new targeted cancer therapies. The study, which was published in the January 2006 issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, was led by Vincent L. Cryns, MD, associate professor of medicine and director of the Cell Death...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2006-01-26)
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