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ArticleBreast cancer research : BCR2004

Essential function for ErbB3 in breast cancer proliferation.

Elena Perez-Nadales, Alison C Lloyd

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Article in Breast cancer research : BCR, 2004. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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Elena Perez-NadalesMRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, University College London, Gower Street, London, UK.
Alison C Lloyd

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The overexpression of the ErbB family of tyrosine kinase receptors is thought to be important in the development of many breast tumours. To date, most attention has focused on the ErbB2 receptor. Now, in a recent report, it has been shown that ErbB3 is a critical partner for the transforming activity of ErbB2 in breast cancer cells. Importantly, the proliferative signals from this transforming complex appear to act via the PI-3 kinase pathway.

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PMCPMC400683

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