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Differential expression of PTEN-targeting microRNAs miR-19a and miR-21 in Cowden syndrome.
American journal of human genetics - 1 May 2008
Pezzolesi Marcus G, Platzer Petra, Waite Kristin A, Eng Charis
Abstract excerpt
Germline mutations in the gene encoding phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted on chromosome ten (PTEN [MIM 601728]) are associated with a number of clinically distinct heritable cancer syndromes, including both Cowden syndrome (CS) and Bannayan-Riley-Ruvalcaba syndrome (BRRS). Seemingly identical pathogenic PTEN mutations have been observed in patients with CS and BRRS, as well as in patients with incomplete...
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