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Loss of VHL and hypoxia provokes PAX2 up-regulation in clear cell renal cell carcinoma.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 15 May 2009
Luu Van-Duc, Boysen Gunther, Struckmann Kirsten, Casagrande Silvia, von Teichman Adriana, Wild Peter J, Sulser Tullio, Schraml Peter, Moch Holger
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PURPOSE: The paired box gene 2, PAX2, encodes for a transcription factor that is up-regulated during nephrogenesis and becomes silenced in mature epithelium of the glomeruli, the proximal, and distal tubules. Reactivation of PAX2 has been frequently observed in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (cc...
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