Article
Synergistic effect of oncogenic RET and loss of p18 on medullary thyroid carcinoma development.
Cancer research - 1 Mar 2008
van Veelen Wendy, van Gasteren Carola J R, Acton Dennis S, Franklin David S, Berger Ruud, Lips Cornelis J M, Höppener Jo W M
Abstract excerpt
Activating mutations in the RET proto-oncogene are associated with both familial and sporadic medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) development; however, the genetic mechanisms underlying MTC tumorigenesis remain largely unknown. Recently, we have identified somatic inactivating mutations in the cell...
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