BRCA1-IRIS overexpression promotes formation of aggressive breast cancers.

INTRODUCTION: Women with HER2(+) or triple negative/basal-like (TN/BL) breast cancers succumb to their cancer rapidly due, in part to acquired Herceptin resistance and lack of TN/BL-targeted therapies. BRCA1-IRIS is a recently discovered, 1399 residue, BRCA1 locus alternative product, which while sh...

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Main Authors: Yoshiko Shimizu, Hugh Luk, David Horio, Penelope Miron, Michael Griswold, Dirk Iglehart, Brenda Hernandez, Jeffrey Killeen, Wael M ElShamy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3325250?pdf=render