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Mutations of the WT1 gene in childhood nonlymphoid hematological malignancies.
Genes, chromosomes & cancer - 1 Jun 1999
Miyagawa K, Hayashi Y, Fukuda T, Mitani K, Hirai H, Kamiya K
Abstract excerpt
The Wilms' tumor gene WT1, whose loss of function accounts for the genesis of about 10% of Wilms' tumors, is expressed in hematopoietic stem cells and leukemia. By analogy with the relationship between the kidney stem cell and Wilms' tumor, it is probable that WT1 is mutated in leukemia. WT1 mutations have been found in only eight cases of primary leukemia, mainly in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and rarely in...
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