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Treatment of kidney cancer
28 Apr 2009
Abstract excerpt
Germline inactivation of the VHL tumor suppressor gene is associated with an increased risk of clear cell carcinoma of the kidney in the context of von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease. Somatic VHL mutations are also common in nonhereditary (sporadic) clear cell carcinomas. The VHL protein (pVHL) has multiple functions that might be linked to tumor suppression, including targeting the hypoxia inducible factor (HIF)...
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