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Medulloblastoma tumorigenesis diverges from cerebellar granule cell differentiation in patched heterozygous mice.
Developmental biology - 1 Nov 2003
Kim John Y H, Nelson Aaron L, Algon Sibel A, Graves Ondrea, Sturla Lisa Marie, Goumnerova Liliana C, Rowitch David H, Segal Rosalind A, Pomeroy Scott L
Abstract excerpt
Medulloblastoma is a cerebellar tumor that can arise through aberrant activation of Sonic hedgehog (Shh) signaling, which normally regulates cerebellar granule cell proliferation. Mutations of the Shh receptor PATCHED (PTCH) are associated with medulloblastomas, which have not been found to have...
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