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Genetic determinants of malignancy in a mouse model for oligodendroglioma.
Cancer research - 1 Apr 2003
Weiss William A, Burns Michael J, Hackett Christopher, Aldape Ken, Hill John R, Kuriyama Hiroko, Kuriyama Nagato, Milshteyn Nadezhda, Roberts Tim, Wendland Michael F, DePinho Ron, Israel Mark A
Abstract excerpt
Oligodendrogliomas of all grades overexpress epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), whereas deletion of ink4a/arf is found only in high-grade tumors. We used the S100 beta promoter to generate transgenic mice expressing v-erbB, a transforming allele of EGFR. These mice developed low-grade oligo...
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