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Genetic analysis of Pten and Tsc2 functional interactions in the mouse reveals asymmetrical haploinsufficiency in tumor suppression.
Genes & development - 1 Aug 2005
Ma Li, Teruya-Feldstein Julie, Behrendt Nille, Chen Zhenbang, Noda Tetsuo, Hino Okio, Cordon-Cardo Carlos, Pandolfi Pier Paolo
Abstract excerpt
The role of tumor suppressor haploinsufficiency in oncogenesis is still poorly understood. The PTEN and TSC2 tumor suppressors function to antagonize mTOR (mammalian target of rapamycin) activation by Akt; hence, compound heterozygous inactivation of Pten and Tsc2 in the mouse may in principle exacerbate the tumor phenotypes observed in the single mutants in a reciprocal manner. In contrast, we found that while...
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