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Homozygous loss of BHD causes early embryonic lethality and kidney tumor development with activation of mTORC1 and mTORC2.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 3 Nov 2009
Hasumi Yukiko, Baba Masaya, Ajima Rieko, Hasumi Hisashi, Valera Vladimir A, Klein Mara E, Haines Diana C, Merino Maria J, Hong Seung-Beom, Yamaguchi Terry P, Schmidt Laura S, Linehan W Marston
Abstract excerpt
Germline mutations in the BHD/FLCN tumor suppressor gene predispose patients to develop renal tumors in the hamartoma syndrome, Birt-Hogg-Dubé (BHD). BHD encodes folliculin, a protein with unknown function that may interact with the energy- and nutrient-sensing AMPK-mTOR signaling pathways. To cl...
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