Constitutively active c-Met kinase in PC-3 cells is autocrine-independent and can be blocked by the Met kinase inhibitor BMS-777607

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The c-Met receptor tyrosine kinase is aberrantly activated in many solid tumors. In a prior study we showed that prostate cancer PC-3 cells exhibit constitutively activated c-Met without exogenous hepatocyte growth factor (HGF); howe...

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Main Authors: Dai Yao, Siemann Dietmar W
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-05-01
Series:BMC Cancer
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Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/12/198