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Growth of peripheral and central nervous system tumors is supported by cytoplasmic c-Fos in humans and mice.
PloS one - 4 Mar 2010
Silvestre David C, Gil Germán A, Tomasini Nicolás, Bussolino Daniela F, Caputto Beatriz L
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BACKGROUND: We have previously shown that the transcription factor c-Fos is also capable of associating to endoplasmic reticulum membranes (ER) and activating phospholipid synthesis. Herein we examined phospholipid synthesis status in brain tumors from human patients and from NPcis mice, an animal model of the human disease Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1). PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: In human samples, c-Fos expression was...
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