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Sep 2026
Engineered α9-nAChR-targeting antibodies attenuate nicotine-enhanced triple-negative breast cancer progression and exhibit favorable short-term tolerability in cynomolgus macaques.
Cigarette smoking and nicotine exposure promote breast cancer progression and poor outcomes by aberrantly activating nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs), with α9-nAChR serving as a key oncogenic driver, especially in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). However, effective therapeutic strategies that directly ta...
Chi-Hsin Lee, Yi-Yuan Yang, Kuo-Hsiang Chuang et al.
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