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Pancreatic insulinomas in multiple endocrine neoplasia, type I knockout mice can develop in the absence of chromosome instability or microsatellite instability.
Cancer research - 1 Oct 2004
Scacheri Peter C, Kennedy Alyssa L, Chin Koei, Miller Meghan T, Hodgson J Graeme, Gray Joe W, Marx Stephen J, Spiegel Allen M, Collins Francis S
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Multiple endocrine neoplasia, type I (MEN1) is an inherited cancer syndrome characterized by tumors arising primarily in endocrine tissues. The responsible gene acts as a tumor suppressor, and tumors in affected heterozygous individuals occur after inactivation of the wild-type allele. Previous studies have shown that Men1 knockout mice develop multiple pancreatic insulinomas, but this occurs many months after...
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