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The tumor suppressor gene TRC8/RNF139 is disrupted by a constitutional balanced translocation t(8;22)(q24.13;q11.21) in a young girl with dysgerminoma.
Molecular cancer - 30 Jul 2009
Gimelli Stefania, Beri Silvana, Drabkin Harry A, Gambini Claudio, Gregorio Andrea, Fiorio Patrizia, Zuffardi Orsetta, Gemmill Robert M, Giorda Roberto, Gimelli Giorgio
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: RNF139/TRC8 is a potential tumor suppressor gene with similarity to PTCH, a tumor suppressor implicated in basal cell carcinomas and glioblastomas. TRC8 has the potential to act in a novel regulatory relationship linking the cholesterol/lipid biosynthetic pathway with cellular growth control and has been identified in families with hereditary renal (RCC) and thyroid cancers. Haploinsufficiency of TRC8...
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