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Dual Role Of Rin1 In Cancer Cell Behavior: Is Cortactin A New Rin1-Interacting Partner?, Wei Zhang
Dual Role Of Rin1 In Cancer Cell Behavior: Is Cortactin A New Rin1-Interacting Partner?, Wei Zhang
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Growth factors play an essential role in abnormalities in both intracellular trafficking and signal transduction pathways responsible in normal and cancer cells. Growth factors, such as epidermal growth factor, represent a main course on the activation of mitogenic signal that contribute to the mitogen activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway affecting cell proliferation, which is driven by Ras GTPases. However, it also induces a profound morphological change by reorganization actin and other cytoskeleton proteins, which are driven by other GTPases (i.e., Rho and Rac). Ras interference 1 (Rin1) is a key cytosolic protein, that regulates both membrane trafficking and signaling pathways …