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Mutations in SUFU predispose to medulloblastoma.
Nature genetics - 1 Jul 2002
Taylor Michael D, Liu Ling, Raffel Corey, Hui Chi-chung, Mainprize Todd G, Zhang Xiaoyun, Agatep Ron, Chiappa Sharon, Gao Luzhang, Lowrance Anja, Hao Aihau, Goldstein Alisa M, Stavrou Theodora, Scherer Stephen W, Dura Wieslaw T, Wainwright Brandon, Squire Jeremy A, Rutka James T, Hogg David
Abstract excerpt
The sonic hedgehog (SHH) signaling pathway directs the embryonic development of diverse organisms and is disrupted in a variety of malignancies. Pathway activation is triggered by binding of hedgehog proteins to the multipass Patched-1 (PTCH) receptor, which in the absence of hedgehog suppresses the activity of the seven-pass membrane protein Smoothened (SMOH). De-repression of SMOH culminates in the activation...
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