Researchers identify enzyme that is an important regulator of aggressive breast cancer development
Thursday, June 30, 2011 - 13:00
in Health & Medicine
Researchers at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) have identified an enzyme that appears to be a significant regulator of breast cancer development. Called PTPN23, the enzyme is a member of a family called protein tyrosine phosphatases, or PTPs, that plays a fundamental role in switching cell signaling on and off.