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FHIT alterations in breast cancer.
Seminars in cancer biology - 1 Oct 2001
Ingvarsson S
Abstract excerpt
The FHIT gene encodes a diadenosine hydrolase and may be involved in growth control pathways of the cell. Studies on protein-protein interactions, cell lines, including tumourigenicity tests, and knockout mice suggest that the Fhit protein is involved in cell proliferation and apoptosis, and might act as a tumour suppressor. In several different cancers, including breast cancer, alterations in the FHIT gene have...
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