Amphiregulin as a novel target for breast cancer therapy

Journal of Mammary Gland Biology and Neoplasia

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 171-179

  Willmarth, Nicole E ^a   Ethier, Stephen P ^a,b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphiregulin; Breast cancer; EGFR

Indexed keywords

ADAM PROTEIN; AMPHIREGULIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 3; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 4; GEFITINIB; HEPARIN BINDING EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN ADAM 17; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA CONVERTING ENZYME;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER GROWTH; CELL INVASION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL STIMULATION; DRUG TARGETING; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLAMMATION; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TARGETING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MICE; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS);

EID: 44149100698     PISSN: 10833021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10911-008-9081-9     Document Type: Article

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