Gene/Protein Disease Symptom Drug Enzyme Compound
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Query: EC:2.7.12.2 (MEK)
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Thyroid cancer (TC) is one of the most common malignancy of the human endocrine system. BRAF V600E mutation is the most frequent genetic alteration of papillary carcinoma, the most frequent TC, which effects RAS-RAF-MEK intracellular signaling pathway. These alterations in RAS-RAF-MEK pathway lead to changes in expression levels of cell membrane integrin receptors and their ligand - extracellular matrix protein osteopontin, which in turn increases the metastatic potential of tumor cells. Thus, integrins and their ligand osteopontin can be considered as potential biomarkers of tumor progression and aggressive tumor phenotypes. The aim of the study was to evaluate the expression levels of integrin receptors ITGA2, ITGA3, ITGAV, ITGA6, ITGA9, ITGB1, ITGB3 and their ligands OPNa, OPNb in the thyroid cancer with different BRAF V600E mutation status.
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PMID:The expression profile of integrin receptors and osteopontin in thyroid malignancies varies depending on the tumor progression rate and presence of BRAF V600E mutation. 3044 96