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Functional analysis of novel sonic hedgehog gene mutations identified in basal cell carcinomas from xeroderma pigmentosum patients.
Cancer research - 15 May 2004
Couvé-Privat Sophie, Le Bret Marc, Traiffort Elisabeth, Queille Sophie, Coulombe Josée, Bouadjar Bakar, Avril Marie Françoise, Ruat Martial, Sarasin Alain, Daya-Grosjean Leela
Abstract excerpt
Altered sonic hedgehog (SHH) signaling is crucial in the development of basal cell carcinomas (BCC), the most common human cancer. Mutations in SHH signal transducers, PATCHED and SMOOTHENED, have already been identified, but SHH mutations are extremely rare; only 1 was detected in 74 sporadic BCCs. We present data showing unique SHH mutations in BCCs from repair-deficient, skin cancer-prone xeroderma pigmentosum...
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