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PPFIA1 and CCND1 are frequently coamplified in breast cancer.
Genes, chromosomes & cancer - 1 Jan 2010
Dancau Ana-Maria, Wuth Laura, Waschow Marcel, Holst Frederik, Krohn Antje, Choschzick Matthias, Terracciano Luigi, Politis Sotirios, Kurtz Stefan, Lebeau Annette, Friedrichs Kay, Wencke Katharina, Monni Outi, Simon Ronald
Abstract excerpt
Recently, amplification of PPFIA1, encoding a member of the liprin family located about 600 kb telomeric to CCND1 on chromosome band 11q13, was described in squamous cell carcinoma of head and neck. Because 11q13 amplification is frequent in breast cancer, and PPFIA1 has been suggested to contribute to mammary gland development, we hypothesized that PPFIA1 might also be involved in the 11q13 amplicon in breast...
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