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Epigenetic features of human mesenchymal stem cells determine their permissiveness for induction of relevant transcriptional changes by SYT-SSX1.
PloS one - 19 Nov 2009
Cironi Luisa, Provero Paolo, Riggi Nicola, Janiszewska Michalina, Suva Domizio, Suva Mario-Luca, Kindler Vincent, Stamenkovic Ivan
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: A characteristic SYT-SSX fusion gene resulting from the chromosomal translocation t(X;18)(p11;q11) is detectable in almost all synovial sarcomas, a malignant soft tissue tumor widely believed to originate from as yet unidentified pluripotent stem cells. The resulting fusion protein ha...
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