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OLIG2 (BHLHB1), a bHLH transcription factor, contributes to leukemogenesis in concert with LMO1.
Cancer research - 15 Aug 2005
Lin Ying-Wei, Deveney Ramona, Barbara Mary, Iscove Norman N, Nimer Stephen D, Slape Christopher, Aplan Peter D
Abstract excerpt
OLIG2 (originally designated BHLHB1) encodes a transcription factor that contains the basic helix-loop-helix motif. Although expression of OLIG2 is normally restricted to neural tissues, overexpression of OLIG2 has been shown in patients with precursor T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma/leukemia (pre-T LBL). In the current study, we found that overexpression of OLIG2 was not only found in oligodendroglioma samples and...
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