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Phox2B mutations and the Delta-Notch pathway in neuroblastoma.
Cancer letters - 18 Oct 2005
van Limpt Vera, Chan Alvin, Schramm Alexander, Eggert Angelika, Versteeg Rogier
Abstract excerpt
We recently identified six neuroblastoma patients with constitutional or tumor-specific mutations in the homeobox gene Phox2B. Phox2B controls part of the differentiation program of the sympathetic nervous system (SNS). Mice with a homozygous inactivation of Phox2B fail in the proper differentiation of the chromaffin lineage of the SNS. Phox2B regulates HASH1 which can control expression of genes of the...
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