ラス (Ras) の動きを止めること
Channing J Der1, Terry Van Dyke
1Department of Pharmacology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA. cjder@med.unc.edu
Cell
|June 2, 2007
まとめ
ラスタンパク質とフォスファディチルイノシトール3キナーゼ (PI3K) p110alphaの相互作用は,マウスモデルでの腫瘍形成に不可欠です. この発見は,がん治療におけるRasを標的とする戦略に影響を与える.
科学分野:
- 腫瘍学 腫瘍学
- 分子生物学は分子生物学である.
- 細胞シグナル伝達 細胞信号伝達
背景:
- Rasタンパク質は,細胞プラズマ信号伝達ネットワークの重要な調節体であり,細胞の成長と生存に影響を与えます.
- 異常なRasシグナル伝達は,様々なヒトがんに関与しており,重要な治療目標となっています.
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