Know the link between the new protein and breast cancer

As per study, once deactivated, the protein could prevent the spread of breast cancer. Read on to know more

By: Agencies | | Updated: May 8, 2018 9:28 am

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Researchers have found that a protein that, once deactivated, could prevent the spread of an aggressive type of breast cancer to other sites in the body, a process known as metastasis.

In their study, published in the journal Cell Reports, the researchers demonstrated that a protein, AXL, influences the occurrence of metastasis in HER2-positive cancer, an aggressive type that accounts for 20 per cent of breast cancers.

In HER2-positive breast cancers, cells with high levels of AXL are more likely to detach from tumours to form metastases.

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The research was done on mice and with samples of tumour cells taken from cancer patients in Montreal, Canada.

In women with HER2-positive cancer, it was found that the less AXL is present, the better the survival rate.

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Previously, researchers had linked the AXL protein to another type of cancer, triple negative breast cancer, but its role in in HER2-positive cancer was not known.

“Based on this discovery, a treatment targeting AXL could reduce the risk of metastasis,” said one of the researchers Jean-Francois Cote, Professor at Universite de Montreal in Canada.

Source: IANS

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Published : May 8, 2018 9:28 am | Updated:May 8, 2018 9:28 am

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