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Prognostic, therapeutic, and mechanistic implications of a mouse model of leukemia evoked by Shp2 (PTPN11) mutations.
Cancer cell - 1 Feb 2005
Mohi M Golam, Williams Ifor R, Dearolf Charles R, Chan Gordon, Kutok Jeffery L, Cohen Sarah, Morgan Kelly, Boulton Christina, Shigematsu Hirokazu, Keilhack Heike, Akashi Koichi, Gilliland D Gary, Neel Benjamin G
Abstract excerpt
The SH2-containing tyrosine phosphatase Shp2 (PTPN11) is required for growth factor and cytokine signaling. Germline Shp2 mutations cause Noonan Syndrome (NS), which is associated with increased risk of juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia (JMML). Somatic Shp2 mutations occur in sporadic JMML and oth...
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