A common signaling cascade may underlie "addiction" to the Src, BCR-ABL, and EGF receptor oncogenes.

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Summary

It is reported that differential attenuation rates of prosurvival and proapoptotic signals in oncogene-dependent cells contribute to cell death following oncogen inactivation, and it is suggested that "addiction" associated with apoptosis reflects an active rather than a passive process.

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2006-11-01
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Oncogene, MAPK/ERK pathway, Biology, Proto-oncogene tyrosine-protein kinase Src, Cancer research

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