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WNT5A is regulated by PAX2 and may be involved in blastemal predominant Wilms tumorigenesis.
Neoplasia (New York, N.Y.) - 1 Dec 2008
Tamimi Yahya, Ekuere Usukuma, Laughton Nicholas, Grundy Paul
Abstract excerpt
The PAX2 gene encodes a transcription factor expressed during development. In humans, PAX2 mutations cause the renal-coloboma syndrome, whereas homozygous mutations are lethal, causing severe organ malformation, notably in the brain and kidney. Wilms tumor (WT) of the kidney results from a failure in the mesenchymal-epithelial transition, a crucial step partly controlled by PAX2. Downstream target genes regulated...
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