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Somatic induction of Pten loss in a preclinical astrocytoma model reveals major roles in disease progression and avenues for target discovery and validation.
Cancer research - 15 Jun 2005
Xiao Andrew, Yin Chaoying, Yang Chunyu, Di Cristofano Antonio, Pandolfi Pier Paolo, Van Dyke Terry
Abstract excerpt
High-grade astrocytomas are invariably deadly and minimally responsive to therapy. Pten is frequently mutated in aggressive astrocytoma but not in low-grade astrocytoma. However, the Pten astrocytoma suppression mechanisms are unknown. Here we introduced conditional null alleles of Pten (Pten(lox...
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