CD44 expression contributes to trastuzumab resistance in HER2-positive breast cancer cells

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 501-513

  Boulbes, Delphine R ^a   Chauhan, Gaurav B ^a   Jin, Quanri ^a   Bartholomeusz, Chandra ^a   Esteva, Francisco J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; CD44; HER2; miRNA; Trastuzumab

Indexed keywords

CD24 ANTIGEN; COLLAGENASE 1; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; EPIRUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; GELATINASE; GELATINASE A; HERMES ANTIGEN; MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; PACLITAXEL; TRASTUZUMAB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL VIABILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DISEASE MARKER; DOWN REGULATION; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR POSITIVE BREAST CANCER; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HER2 GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; ONCOGENE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; METABOLISM; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANTIGENS, CD44; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DRUG RESISTANCE, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; RECEPTOR, ERBB-2; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TRASTUZUMAB;

EID: 84930277604     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: 15737217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-015-3414-3     Document Type: Article

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