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Accelerated induction of bladder cancer in patched heterozygous mutant mice.
Cancer research - 15 Mar 2004
Hamed Sahar, LaRue Hélène, Hovington Hélène, Girard Johanne, Jeannotte Lucie, Latulippe Eva, Fradet Yves
Abstract excerpt
The PATCHED (PTC) gene is recognized as a tumor suppressor in basal cell carcinoma. Mapping of a minimal region of deletion at 9q22.3 and observation of a decreased PTC expression in superficial papillary bladder tumors led us to hypothesize that it could also be involved in this cancer. To further investigate this hypothesis, we submitted Ptc(+/-) heterozygous mutant mice and their wild-type littermates to...
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