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Developmental abnormalities and cancer predisposition in neurofibromatosis type 1.
Current molecular medicine - 1 Jun 2009
Larizza Lidia, Gervasini Cristina, Natacci Federica, Riva Paola
Abstract excerpt
Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is a developmental and cancer predisposing syndrome resulting from haploinsufficiency or alteration in neurofibromin, a multifunctional protein that acts in various signaling pathways affecting morphogenetic processes and cell proliferation. Neurofibromin deficiency deregulates Ras/Raf/MEK/ERK and Ras/PI3K/AKT/PKB/mTOR signaling networks and intersected pathways including the...
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