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M6P/IGF2R loss of heterozygosity in head and neck cancer associated with poor patient prognosis.
BMC cancer - 13 Feb 2003
Jamieson Timothy A, Brizel David M, Killian J Keith, Oka Yoshihiko, Jang Hong-Seok, Fu Xiaolong, Clough Robert W, Vollmer Robin T, Anscher Mitchell S, Jirtle Randy L
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The mannose 6-phosphate/insulin-like growth factor 2 receptor (M6P/IGF2R) encodes for a multifunctional receptor involved in lysosomal enzyme trafficking, fetal organogenesis, cytotoxic T cell-induced apoptosis and tumor suppression. The purpose of this investigation was to determine if the M6P/IGF2R tumor suppressor gene is mutated in human head and neck cancer, and if allelic loss is associated with...
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