| Literature DB >> 19586713 |
Ran-Ju Kim1, Soo-Rim Kim, Kyung-Jin Roh, Sang-Bum Park, Jeong-Ran Park, Kyung-Sun Kang, Gu Kong, Binwu Tang, Yu-An Yang, Ethan A Kohn, Lalage M Wakefield, Jeong-Seok Nam.
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The cancer stem cell (CSC) hypothesis proposes that CSCs are the root of cancer and cause cancer metastasis and recurrence. In this study, we examined whether Ras signaling is associated with stemness of the CSCs population characterized by the stem cell antigen (Sca-1) phenotype in a 4T1 syngeneic mouse model of breast cancer. The Sca-1(pos) putative CSCs had high levels of activated Ras and phosphorylated MEK (p-MEK), compared with counterparts. The Ras farnesylation inhibitor (FTI-277) suppressed the maintenance and expansion of CSCs. Therefore, selective inhibition of Ras activation may be useful for stem-specific cancer therapy. Copyright 2009 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19586713 PMCID: PMC7291698 DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2009.06.010
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cancer Lett ISSN: 0304-3835 Impact factor: 8.679