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Analysis of PIK3CA and Akt/protein kinase B in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.
Oncology reports - 1 Jul 2007
Fenic Irina, Steger Klaus, Gruber Christin, Arens Christoph, Woenckhaus Joachim
Abstract excerpt
PIK3CA, which encodes the catalytic subunit, p110-alpha, of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K), is implicated in the development and progression of numerous neoplasias including head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). In the present study, we investigated the occurrence of PIK3CA hot-spot mutations in exons 9 and 20, the genomic gain and amplification of PIK3CA, the expression of PIK3CA mRNA and the p110...
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