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Lack of mutations in the thyroid hormone receptor (TR) alpha and beta genes but frequent hypermethylation of the TRbeta gene in differentiated thyroid tumors.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Dec 2007
Joseph Biju, Ji Meiju, Liu Dingxie, Hou Peng, Xing Mingzhao
Abstract excerpt
CONTEXT: It remains inconclusive whether mutations in thyroid hormone receptor (TR) genes naturally occur in thyroid cancer and whether these genes could be suppressors of this cancer. OBJECTIVES: Our objectives were to examine further mutations of TRalpha and TRbeta genes in thyroid cancer and also to examine their methylation as an epigenetic silencing mechanism in thyroid cancer. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: Instead...
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