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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Justin Balko
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-41816 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Balko Justin M JM Schwarz Luis J LJ Bhola Neil E NE Kurupi Richard R Owens Phillip P Miller Todd W TW Gómez Henry H Cook Rebecca S RS Arteaga Carlos L CL
Cancer research 20130821 20
Basal-like breast cancer (BLBC) is an aggressive disease that lacks a clinically approved targeted therapy. Traditional chemotherapy is effective in BLBC, but it spares the cancer stem cell (CSC)-like population, which is likely to contribute to cancer recurrence after the initial treatment. Dual specificity phosphatase-4 (DUSP4) is a negative regulator of the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway that is deficient in highly aggressive BLBCs treated with chemotherapy, leading to aberra ...[more]