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DNA variants of DLC-1, a candidate tumor suppressor gene in human hepatocellular carcinoma.
International journal of oncology - 1 Jul 2003
Park Sang-Won, Durkin Marian E, Thorgeirsson Snorri S, Popescu Nicholas C
Abstract excerpt
The DLC-1 gene encoding a regulator of the Rho family of small GTPases is altered in breast, prostate, colon, and liver cancer and has several characteristics of a tumor suppressor gene. DLC-1 overexpression causes inhibition of in vitro growth of liver tumor cells and complete suppression of in vivo tumorigenicity of breast tumor cells. Inactivation and aberrant expression of DLC-1 in human hepatocellular...
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