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The putative tumor suppressor AIM2 is frequently affected by different genetic alterations in microsatellite unstable colon cancers.
Genes, chromosomes & cancer - 1 Dec 2007
Woerner Stefan M, Kloor Matthias, Schwitalle Yvette, Youmans Hanni, Doeberitz Magnus von Knebel, Gebert Johannes, Dihlmann Susanne
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Mismatch repair (MMR) deficiency is a major mechanism of colorectal tumorigenesis that is observed in 10-15% of sporadic colorectal cancers and those associated with the hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) syndrome. MMR deficiency leads to the accumulation of mutations mainly at short repetitive sequences termed microsatellites, constituting the high level microsatellite instability (MSI-H)...
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