The Synergistic Effect of Conditional Pten Loss and Oncogenic K-ras Mutation on Endometrial Cancer Development Occurs via Decreased Progesterone Receptor Action

Endometrial cancer is the most common gynecological cancer. Estrogen-dependent endometrioid carcinoma is the most common type of endometrial cancer, and alterations in the expression of PTEN and K-ras have been associated with this disease. To study the roles of Pten and K-ras in endometrial cancer,...

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Main Authors: Tae Hoon Kim, Jinrong Wang, Kevin Y. Lee, Heather L. Franco, Russell R. Broaddus, John P. Lydon, Jae-Wook Jeong, Francesco J. DeMayo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2010-01-01
Series:Journal of Oncology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/139087