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Article: ADAM-9 mRNA and protein is expressed in human breast cancer.
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- Cancer Vaccine Week
- Article date:
- September 8, 2003
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2003 SEP 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- ADAM-9 mRNA and protein is expressed in human breast cancer.
"The ADAMs (a disintegrin and metalloprotease) are membrane proteins containing both protease and adhesion domains and thus may be potentially important in cancer invasion and metastasis," scientists in Ireland report.
"The aim of our study was to investigate the distribution and potential clinical significance of ADAM-9 in breast cancer. ADAM-9 expression was measured using both reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RTPCR) and Western blotting," wrote C. O'Shea and colleagues, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Department of Nuclear ...