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Mannose 6-phosphate/insulin-like growth factor 2 receptor, a bona fide tumor suppressor gene or just a promising candidate?
Journal of mammary gland biology and neoplasia - 1 Jan 2000
DaCosta S A, Schumaker L M, Ellis M J
Abstract excerpt
The mannose 6-phosphate/insulin-like growth factor 2 receptor (M6P/IGF2R) is considered a "candidate" tumor suppressor gene. This hypothesis has been provoked by the identification of loss of heterozygosity (LOH) at the M6P/IGF2R locus on chromosome 6q26 in breast and liver cancer, accompanied by point mutations in the remaining allele. Somatic mutations in coding region microsatellites have also been described...
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