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  • Title: Transformation of mouse mammary epithelial cells with the Ha-ras but not with the neu oncogene results in a gene dosage-dependent increase in transforming growth factor-alpha production.
    Author: Ciardiello F, Hynes N, Kim N, Valverius EM, Lippman ME, Salomon DS.
    Journal: FEBS Lett; 1989 Jul 03; 250(2):474-8. PubMed ID: 2568949.
    Abstract:
    An enhanced expression of transforming growth factor-alpha (TGF alpha) was demonstrated in two clones of NOG-8 mouse mammary epithelial cells, NOG-8 SR1 and NOG-8 SR2, that have been transformed by a v-Ha-ras oncogene. The amount of TGF alpha production in NOG-8 SR1 and NOG-8 SR2 cells was dependent on the level of p21ras expression in these clones, which directly correlated with their cloning efficiency in soft agar. There was also a decrease in the number of epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptors on the NOG-8 SR1 and NOG-8 SR2 cells that is proportional to the amount of TGF alpha secreted. These effects were specific for ras because neu-transformed NOG-8 cells grew in soft agar at a comparable level to NOG-8 SR2 cells yet did not show any increase in TGF alpha production or change in EGF receptor expression.
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