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Identification of several novel non-p.R132 IDH1 variants in thyroid carcinomas.
European journal of endocrinology - 1 Nov 2010
Hemerly Jefferson Pessoa, Bastos André Uchimura, Cerutti Janete M
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CONTEXT: Somatic mutations at residue R132 of isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 (IDH1) were recently discovered in gliomas and leukaemia at a high frequency. IDH1 is a metabolic gene, and the R132 mutations create a new enzymatic activity. OBJECTIVES: To determine whether IDH1 had somatically acquired mutations in thyroid carcinomas. DESIGN: Exons 4 and 6 of IDH1 were sequenced in a large panel of thyroid tumours...
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