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Mutations in the VHL gene in sporadic apparently congenital polycythemia.
Blood - 15 Feb 2003
Pastore Yves D, Jelinek Jaroslav, Ang Sonny, Guan Yongli, Liu Enli, Jedlickova Katerina, Krishnamurti Lakshmanan, Prchal Josef T
Abstract excerpt
The congenital polycythemic disorders with elevated erythropoietin (Epo) have been until recently an enigma, and abnormality in the hypoxia-sensing pathway has been hypothesized as a possible mechanism. The tumor suppressor von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) participates in the hypoxia-sensing pathway, as it binds to the proline-hydroxylated form of the hypoxia-inducible factor 1alpha (HIF-1alpha) and mediates its...
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