The insulin-like growth factors, their receptors, and their binding proteins in human breast cancer
- 1 January 1991
- book chapter
- Published by Springer Nature
- Vol. 53, 93-106
- https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3940-7_5
Abstract
The ability to grow breast cancer cells in vitro has lead to the identification of several polypeptide hormones that may regulate their growth. The insulin- like growth factors (IGFs) have been identified as potent mitogens for breast cancer cells in vitro and increasing evidence has suggested that the IGFs may have an important function in the proliferation of mammary epithelia. This chapter will examine the data that support a role for the IGFs in regulating the growth of breast cancer cells.Keywords
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