Article
Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) gene involvement in sporadic tumours.
Biochemical Society transactions - 1 Jun 2003
Knowles M A, Hornigold N, Pitt E
Abstract excerpt
In tuberous sclerosis patients, inactivation of the tuberous sclerosis complex tumour-suppressor genes TSC1 and TSC2 contributes to the development of a wide range of hamartomatous lesions. These patients do not, however, show an increased risk of the common adult solid cancers. Recent evidence that the TSC genes play a role in the phosphoinositide 3-kinase pathway, a pathway whose dysregulation is implicated in...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
