Article
[Beta-catenin mutations in a common skin cancer: pilomatricoma].
Bulletin du cancer - 1 Sept 1999
Durand M, Molès J P
Abstract excerpt
The normal hair development requires WNT signalling pathways. A constitutive activation of beta-catenin, one of the components of this cascade, induces an abnormal proliferation of hair matrix cells. This activation is observed in a human skin tumours called pilomatricoma. Mutations of the beta-catenin gene are detected in 75% of the tumours analysed.
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