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FOXP3 is an X-linked breast cancer suppressor gene and an important repressor of the HER-2/ErbB2 oncogene.
Cell - 29 Jun 2007
Zuo Tao, Wang Lizhong, Morrison Carl, Chang Xing, Zhang Huiming, Li Weiquan, Liu Yan, Wang Yin, Liu Xingluo, Chan Michael W Y, Liu Jin-Qing, Love Richard, Liu Chang-Gong, Godfrey Virginia, Shen Rulong, Huang Tim H-M, Yang Tianyu, Park Bae Keun, Wang Cun-Yu, Zheng Pan, Liu Yang
Abstract excerpt
The X-linked Foxp3 is a member of the forkhead/winged helix transcription factor family. Germline mutations cause lethal autoimmune diseases in males. Serendipitously, we observed that female mice heterozygous for the "scurfin" mutation of the Foxp3 gene (Foxp3(sf/+)) developed cancer at a high r...
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