title: Emerging roles of MUC4 in cancer: a novel target for diagnosis and therapy.
abstract: The MUC4 mucin is a transmembrane glycoprotein that is implicated in the pathogenesis of pancreatic cancer and is aberrantly expressed in many other epithelial carcinomas. Recent studies suggest its significant potential as a clinical tool for cancer diagnosis and prognosis. MUC4 modulates HER2/ErbB2 signaling and is a determinant of therapeutic outcome of Herceptin-based therapy, which further indicates its prospective usefulness in cancer therapy and treatment planning.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska 68198-5870, USA.
authors.forename: Ajay P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Pallavi
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chaturvedi
authors.forename: Surinder K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Batra
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D055264:Mucin-4; D009077:Mucins / Q000378:metabolism*; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; C524658:MUC4 protein, human; D055264:Mucin-4; D009077:Mucins