1. Defining a role for c-Myc in breast tumorigenesis
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Robert B. Dickson and Sharyl J. Nass
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Cancer Research ,Programmed cell death ,Cell growth ,Cell Cycle ,Mammary gland ,Apoptosis ,Breast Neoplasms ,Cell cycle ,Biology ,medicine.disease_cause ,medicine.disease ,Proto-Oncogene Mas ,Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic ,Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Breast cancer ,Oncology ,In vivo ,Cancer research ,medicine ,Humans ,Female ,skin and connective tissue diseases ,Carcinogenesis - Abstract
The proto-oncogene c-myc is commonly amplified and overexpressed in human breast tumors, and the tumorigenic potential of c-myc overexpression in mammary tissue has been confirmed by both in vitro and in vivo models of breast cancer. However, the mechanisms by which Myc promotes tumorigenesis are not well understood. Recent evidence indicates that Myc can promote cell proliferation as well as cell death via apoptosis. These studies provide new insight and impetus in defining a role for c-Myc in breast tumorigenesis and may point toward novel targets for breast cancer therapy.
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- 1997
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