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Why should we care about fly tumors?

The case of JAK-STAT and EGFR cooperation in oncogenesis

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Article: e23203 | Received 16 Nov 2012, Accepted 11 Dec 2012, Published online: 01 Apr 2013
 

Abstract

Drosophila is proving to be a valuable model for studying aggressive tumors induced by the combined activation of EGFR and JAK-STAT signaling. Here we summarize some of the most recent data showing that tissue damage and the modulation of common pathway regulators are at the heart tumor progression and metastasis.

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