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Tissue-specific carcinogenesis in transgenic mice expressing the RET proto-oncogene with a multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2A mutation.
Cancer research - 15 Sept 2000
Kawai K, Iwashita T, Murakami H, Hiraiwa N, Yoshiki A, Kusakabe M, Ono K, Iida K, Nakayama A, Takahashi M
Abstract excerpt
Germ line mutations of the RET proto-oncogene are responsible for the development of multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2A (MEN 2A), an inherited cancer syndrome characterized by medullary thyroid carcinoma, pheochromocytoma, and parathyroid hyperplasia. To study the mechanism of tissue-specific tumor development by RET with a MEN2A (cysteine 634-->arginine) mutation, we generated transgenic mice by introducing...
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