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Thyroid hormone receptor beta mutations in the 'hot-spot region' are rare events in thyroid carcinomas.
The Journal of endocrinology - 1 Jan 2007
Rocha Ana Sofia, Marques Ricardo, Bento Inês, Soares Ricardo, Magalhães João, de Castro Inês Vieira, Soares Paula
Abstract excerpt
Thyroid cancer constitutes the most frequent endocrine neoplasia. Targeted expression of rearranged during transfection (RET)/papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) and V600E V-raf murine sarcoma viral oncogene homolog B1 (BRAF) to the thyroid glands of transgenic mice results in tumours similar to those of human PTC, providing evidence for the involvement of these oncogenes in PTC. Kato et al. developed a mouse model...
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