How a metabolic pathway promotes breast cancer metastasis
Wednesday, April 6, 2016 - 20:40
in Health & Medicine
A metabolic pathway that is up-regulated in some breast cancers promotes the disease's progression by activating a signaling protein called Arf6, according to a paper. The study suggests that statin-like drugs may be effective treatments for breast cancer patients whose tumors express high levels of Arf6 signaling proteins.