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PTEN in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease/Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis and Cancer
1 Jan 2010
Abstract excerpt
The tumor suppressor PTEN is a protein/phosphoinositide phosphatase regulating the PI3K/Akt signaling pathway and is mutated or deleted in a variety of human cancers, including hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Accumulating evidence indicates that alterations of PTEN expression and activity in hepatocytes are common and recurrent molecular events associated with liver disorders of various etiologies including...
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