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Mutations of PIK3CA in anaplastic oligodendrogliomas, high-grade astrocytomas, and medulloblastomas.
Cancer research - 1 Aug 2004
Broderick Daniel K, Di Chunhui, Parrett Timothy J, Samuels Yardena R, Cummins Jordan M, McLendon Roger E, Fults Daniel W, Velculescu Victor E, Bigner Darell D, Yan Hai
Abstract excerpt
The phosphatidylinositol 3'-kinase pathway is activated in multiple advanced cancers, including glioblastomas, through inactivation of the PTEN tumor suppressor gene. Recently, mutations in PIK3CA, a member of the family of phosphatidylinositol 3'-kinase catalytic subunits, were identified in a significant fraction (25-30%) of colorectal cancers, gastric cancers, and glioblastomas and in a smaller fraction of...
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