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Mutant EGFR is required for maintenance of glioma growth in vivo, and its ablation leads to escape from receptor dependence.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 9 Feb 2010
Mukasa Akitake, Wykosky Jill, Ligon Keith L, Chin Lynda, Cavenee Webster K, Furnari Frank
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Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene amplification is the most common genetic alteration in high-grade glioma, and approximately 50% of EGFR-amplified tumors also harbor a constitutively active mutant form of the receptor, DeltaEGFR. Although DeltaEGFR greatly enhances tumor growth and is...
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