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Research Article Free access | 10.1172/JCI119309

Hyperexpression of mitogen-activated protein kinase in human breast cancer.

V S Sivaraman, H Wang, G J Nuovo, and C C Malbon

Department of Surgery, University Medical Center, SUNY/Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA.

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Department of Surgery, University Medical Center, SUNY/Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA.

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Department of Surgery, University Medical Center, SUNY/Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA.

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Published April 1, 1997 - More info

Published in Volume 99, Issue 7 on April 1, 1997
J Clin Invest. 1997;99(7):1478–1483. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI119309.
© 1997 The American Society for Clinical Investigation
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Mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases act as transducers of extracellular signaling via tyrosine kinase-growth factor receptors and G-protein-linked receptors to elements regulating transcription. The activity, abundance, and localization of MAP kinase was investigated in normal and malignant neoplasia of the breast. In carcinoma of the breast, MAP kinase was heavily phosphorylated on tyrosyl residues and its activity elevated 5-10-fold over benign conditions, such as fibroadenoma and fibrocystic disease. By in situ reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction, hyperexpression of MAP kinase mRNA can be localized to malignant, epithelial cells. Metastatic cells within involved lymph nodes of patients with breast cancer also display hyperexpression of MAP kinase. In spite of persistent activation via phosphorylation, MAP kinase expression is upregulated 5-20-fold and this hyperexpression may be a critical element to initiation as well as the metastatic potential of various forms of human breast cancer.

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