Sentences with phrase «receptors fuel the growth»

While scientists know how estrogen receptors fuel the growth of cancer cells, they know a lot less about what progesterone receptors do in those same cells.

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Ince and his team found that although TNBC lacks the three receptors that fuel most breast cancers — estrogen receptors, progesterone receptors, and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 — it does express androgen receptors (AR) and vitamin D receptors (VDR).