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| | FASEB MEETING: Cancer Oncogene May Be Related To High Blood Pressure (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- April 20, 1998 -- Sodium transport, the kidney function that regulates the level of salt in the kidney and bloodstream and, ultimately, blood pressure, may be intimately related to some of the same oncogenes that have been implicated in the unchecked cellular growth of cancer. |
 | | Eaton and his colleagues have found that one of those other proteins is the oncogene, p21 ras, which has been implicated in a variety of cancers. |
 | | In addition, he and his colleagues have found that another oncogene, src kinase, is also responsible for regulating the actions of sodium channels in some individuals. |
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