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A renaissance for SRC

Nature reviews. CancerPublished 1 June 2004
Timothy J. Yeatman
Citations1,085
SJR quartileQ1
SJR score24.38
SNIP11.13

TL;DR

A key role of c-SRC in cancer seems to be to promote invasion and motility, functions that might contribute to tumour progression.

Abstract

The c-SRC non-receptor tyrosine kinase is overexpressed and activated in a large number of human malignancies and has been linked to the development of cancer and progression to distant metastases. These observations have led to the recent targeting of c-SRC for the development of anticancer therapeutics, which show promise as a new avenue for cancer treatment. Despite this, however, the precise functions of c-SRC in cancer remain unclear. In addition to increasing cell proliferation, a key role of c-SRC in cancer seems to be to promote invasion and motility, functions that might contribute to tumour progression.

Keywords

MedicineBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology