Tumor Necrosis Factor a Stimulates Her-2 Cleavage by Activated Caspase-8
Author(s) -
Xiaojun Li,
Yang Zhao,
Yunfeng Zhang,
Ning Du,
Hong Ren
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
cellular physiology and biochemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.486
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1421-9778
pISSN - 1015-8987
DOI - 10.1159/000341466
Subject(s) - tumor necrosis factor alpha , apoptosis , cancer research , western blot , caspase 8 , microbiology and biotechnology , small hairpin rna , transcription factor , transfection , caspase 3 , biology , chemistry , cell culture , programmed cell death , endocrinology , gene knockdown , gene , biochemistry , genetics
Her-2 over-expression has been correlated with a poor prognosis in patients with breast cancer. Now, we explored the effect of TNF-α treatment and/or NFĸB activation on Her-2 expression in MCF-7 breast adenocarcinoma cells.
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