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Combinations of genetic mutations in the adult neural stem cell compartment determine brain tumour phenotypes.
The EMBO journal - 6 Jan 2010
Jacques Thomas S, Swales Alexander, Brzozowski Monika J, Henriquez Nico V, Linehan Jacqueline M, Mirzadeh Zaman, O' Malley Catherine, Naumann Heike, Alvarez-Buylla Arturo, Brandner Sebastian
Abstract excerpt
It has been suggested that intrinsic brain tumours originate from a neural stem/progenitor cell population in the subventricular zone of the post-natal brain. However, the influence of the initial genetic mutation on the phenotype as well as the contribution of mature astrocytes to the formation of brain tumours is still not understood. We deleted Rb/p53, Rb/p53/PTEN or PTEN/p53 in adult subventricular stem...
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