Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor and Neurotrophin-4/5 Are Expressed in Breast Cancer and Can Be Targeted to Inhibit Tumor Cell Survival
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- 31 March 2011
- journal article
- Published by American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) in Clinical Cancer Research
- Vol. 17 (7), 1741-1752
- https://doi.org/10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-10-1890
Abstract
Purpose: Given that nerve growth factor has previously been shown to be involved in breast cancer progression, we have tested here the hypothesis that the other neurotrophins (NT) are expressed and have an influence in breast tumor growth.Keywords
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