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ea0011oc61 | ThyroidOC57 British Thyroid Association Award | ECE2006

Phosphodiesterase-resistant PKA I agonists inhibit thyroid cancer cell growth

Lucchi S , Calebiro D , de Filippis T , Porazzi P , Beck-Peccoz P , Persani L

In thyroid cells TSH/cAMP stimulation is associated with proliferation and differentiation. The principal effector of cAMP is the protein kinase A (PKA) and events downstream PKA activation, signaling specificity and expression of PKA isoforms are largely unexplored. PKA is composed of two regulatory and two catalytic subunits. Two major isoforms of PKA (I and II) are determined by their specific regulatory subunits (RIα, RIβ, RIIα and RIIβ). A recent gene ...