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PTEN mutational spectra, expression levels, and subcellular localization in microsatellite stable and unstable colorectal cancers.
The American journal of pathology - 1 Aug 2002
Zhou Xiao-Ping, Loukola Anu, Salovaara Reijo, Nystrom-Lahti Minna, Peltomäki Päivi, de la Chapelle Albert, Aaltonen Lauri A, Eng Charis
Abstract excerpt
PTEN on 10q23.3 encodes a dual-specificity phosphatase that negatively regulates the phosphoinositol-3-kinase/Akt pathway and mediates cell-cycle arrest and apoptosis. Germline PTEN mutations cause Cowden syndrome and a range of several different hamartoma-tumor syndromes. Hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer (HNPCC) syndrome is characterized by germline mutations in the mismatch repair (MMR) genes and by...
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