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Overexpression of the NOTCH1 intracellular domain inhibits cell proliferation and alters the neuroendocrine phenotype of medullary thyroid cancer cells.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 29 Dec 2006
Kunnimalaiyaan Muthusamy, Vaccaro Abram M, Ndiaye Mary A, Chen Herbert
Abstract excerpt
The role of NOTCH1 as an oncogene or tumor suppressor appears to be cell type-specific. Medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) cells characteristically express the transcription factor ASCL1 (achaete-scute complex-like 1) as well as high levels of the neuroendocrine (NE) markers calcitonin and chromogran...
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