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Braf(V600E) cooperates with Pten loss to induce metastatic melanoma.
Nature genetics - 1 May 2009
Dankort David, Curley David P, Cartlidge Robert A, Nelson Betsy, Karnezis Anthony N, Damsky William E, You Mingjian J, DePinho Ronald A, McMahon Martin, Bosenberg Marcus
Abstract excerpt
Mutational activation of BRAF is the earliest and most common genetic alteration in human melanoma. To build a model of human melanoma, we generated mice with conditional melanocyte-specific expression of BRaf(V600E). Upon induction of BRaf(V600E) expression, mice developed benign melanocytic hyperplasias that failed to progress to melanoma over 15-20 months. By contrast, expression of BRaf(V600E) combined with...
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