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The normal patched allele is expressed in medulloblastomas from mice with heterozygous germ-line mutation of patched.
Cancer research - 15 Apr 2000
Wetmore C, Eberhart D E, Curran T
Abstract excerpt
Defects in a developmental signaling pathway involving mammalian homologues of the Drosophila segment polarity gene, patched (ptc) and its ligand, sonic hedgehog (shh), contribute to tumor formation in several tissues. Recently, a subset of medulloblastoma, the most common malignant brain tumor in children, was found to contain somatic mutations in the human ptc gene. In addition, basal cell nevus syndrome...
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