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Heterozygosity for Pten promotes tumorigenesis in a mouse model of medulloblastoma.
PloS one - 26 May 2010
Castellino Robert C, Barwick Benjamin G, Schniederjan Matthew, Buss Meghan C, Becher Oren, Hambardzumyan Dolores, Macdonald Tobey J, Brat Daniel J, Durden Donald L
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Recent publications have described an important role for cross talk between PI-3 kinase and sonic hedgehog signaling pathways in the pathogenesis of medulloblastoma. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: We crossed mice with constitutive activation of Smoothened, SmoA1, with Pten deficient mice. Both constitutive and conditional Pten deficiency doubled the incidence of mice with symptoms of medulloblastoma...
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