Alpha-B-Crystallin overexpression is sufficient to promote tumorigenesis and metastasis in mice
Abstract Background αB-Crystallin is a heat shock chaperone protein which binds to misfolded proteins to prevent their aggregation. It is overexpressed in a wide-variety of cancers. Previous studies using human cancer cell lines and human xenograft models have suggested potential tumor promoter (onc...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2023-01-01
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Series: | Experimental Hematology & Oncology |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40164-022-00365-z |