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Chromosome 5q deletion and epigenetic suppression of the gene encoding alpha-catenin (CTNNA1) in myeloid cell transformation.
Nature medicine - 1 Jan 2007
Liu Ting Xi, Becker Michael W, Jelinek Jaroslav, Wu Wen-Shu, Deng Min, Mikhalkevich Natallia, Hsu Karl, Bloomfield Clara D, Stone Richard M, DeAngelo Daniel J, Galinsky Ilene A, Issa Jean-Pierre, Clarke Michael F, Look A Thomas
Abstract excerpt
Interstitial loss of all or part of the long arm of chromosome 5, or del(5q), is a frequent clonal chromosomal abnormality in human myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS, a preleukemic disorder) and acute myeloid leukemia (AML), and is thought to contribute to the pathogenesis of these diseases by deleting one or more tumor-suppressor genes. Although a major commonly deleted region (CDR) has been delineated on chromosome...
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