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Susceptibility to vascular neoplasms but no increased susceptibility to renal carcinogenesis in Vhl knockout mice.
Carcinogenesis - 1 Mar 2004
Kleymenova Elena, Everitt Jeffrey I, Pluta Linda, Portis Melisa, Gnarra James R, Walker Cheryl Lyn
Abstract excerpt
The von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) tumor suppressor gene plays a prominent role in the development of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) in humans. VHL functions as a ubiquitin E3 ligase, controlling the stability of hypoxia inducible factor (HIF) and tumor angiogenesis. Alterations in this tumor suppressor gene are rarely observed in spontaneous or chemically induced RCC that arise in conventional strains of rodents and Vhl...
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