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PIK3CA mutations in intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm/carcinoma of the pancreas.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 15 Jun 2006
Schönleben Frank, Qiu Wanglong, Ciau Nancy T, Ho Daniel J, Li Xiaojun, Allendorf John D, Remotti Helen E, Su Gloria H
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PURPOSE: Recent studies have reported high frequencies of somatic mutations in the phosphoinositide-3-kinase catalytic-alpha (PIK3CA) gene in various human solid tumors. More than 75% of those somatic mutations are clustered in the helical (exon 9) and kinase domains (exon 20). The three hot-spot mutations, E542K, E545K, and H1047R, have been proven to elevate the lipid kinase activity of PIK3CA and activate the...
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