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Distinctive gene expression of human lung adenocarcinomas carrying LKB1 mutations.
Oncogene - 24 Jun 2004
Fernandez Paloma, Carretero Julian, Medina Pedro P, Jimenez Ana I, Rodriguez-Perales Sandra, Paz Maria F, Cigudosa Juan C, Esteller Manel, Lombardia Luis, Morente Manuel, Sanchez-Verde Lydia, Sotelo Teresa, Sanchez-Cespedes Montserrat
Abstract excerpt
LKB1, a tumor-suppressor gene that codifies for a serine/threonine kinase, is mutated in the germ-line of patients affected with the Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (PJS), which have an increased incidence of several cancers including gastrointestinal, pancreatic and lung carcinomas. Regarding tumors arising in non-PJS patients, we recently observed that at least one-third of lung adenocarcinomas (LADs) harbor somatic...
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