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Basal cell carcinoma and its development: insights from radiation-induced tumors in Ptch1-deficient mice.
Cancer research - 1 Feb 2004
Mancuso Mariateresa, Pazzaglia Simonetta, Tanori Mirella, Hahn Heidi, Merola Paola, Rebessi Simonetta, Atkinson Michael J, Di Majo Vincenzo, Covelli Vincenzo, Saran Anna
Abstract excerpt
Loss-of-function mutations in Patched (Ptch1) are implicated in constitutive activation of the Sonic hedgehog pathway in human basal cell carcinomas (BCCs), and inherited Ptch1 mutations underlie basal cell nevus syndrome in which a typical feature is multiple BCC occurring with greater incidence in portals of radiotherapy. Mice in which one copy of Ptch1 is inactivated show increased susceptibility to...
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