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TSC2 Loss in Lymphangioleiomyomatosis Cells Correlated with Expression of CD44v6, a Molecular Determinant of Metastasis
1 Nov 2007
Abstract excerpt
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM), a rare multisystem disease found primarily in women of childbearing age, is characterized by the proliferation of abnormal smooth muscle-like cells, LAM cells, that form nodules in the pulmonary interstitium. Proliferation of LAM cells results, in part, from dysfunction in tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) genes TSC1 (hamartin) and/or TSC2 (tuberin). Identification of LAM cells in...
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