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Loss of patched and disruption of granule cell development in a pre-neoplastic stage of medulloblastoma.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 May 2005
Oliver Trudy G, Read Tracy Ann, Kessler Jessica D, Mehmeti Anriada, Wells Jonathan F, Huynh Trang T T, Lin Simon M, Wechsler-Reya Robert J
Abstract excerpt
Medulloblastoma is the most common malignant brain tumor in children. It is thought to result from the transformation of granule cell precursors (GCPs) in the developing cerebellum, but little is known about the early stages of the disease. Here, we identify a pre-neoplastic stage of medulloblastoma in patched heterozygous mice, a model of the human disease. We show that pre-neoplastic cells are present in the...
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