Transactivation of the PTHrP gene in squamous carcinomas predicts the occurrence of hypercalcemia in athymic mice.
Wysolmerski JJ, Vasavada R, Foley J, Weir EC, Burtis WJ, Kukreja SC, Guise TA, Broadus AE, Philbrick WM. Transactivation of the PTHrP gene in squamous carcinomas predicts the occurrence of hypercalcemia in athymic mice. Cancer Research 1996, 56: 1043-9. PMID: 8640759.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPTHrP gene expressionPTHrP mRNA expressionSquamous tumorsTumor linesAthymic miceMRNA expressionParathyroid hormone-related proteinOccurrence of hypercalcemiaPTHrP mRNA levelsHormone-related proteinSquamous histologyGene expressionPTHrP secretionHumoral hypercalcemiaSquamous carcinomaPTHrP gene promoterPTHrP mRNAHypercalcemiaSecretion ratePTHrP geneTumor cellsTumorsMRNA levelsHigh levelsHHM