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Loss of heterozygosity and SOSTDC1 in adult and pediatric renal tumors.
Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR - 16 Nov 2010
Blish Kimberly R, Clausen Kathryn A, Hawkins Gregory A, Garvin A Julian, Willingham Mark C, Turner Julie C, Torti Frank M, Torti Suzy V
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Deletions within the short arm of chromosome 7 are observed in approximately 25% of adult and 10% of Wilms pediatric renal tumors. Within Wilms tumors, the region of interest has been delineated to a 2-Mb minimal region that includes ten known genes. Two of these ten candidate genes, SOSTDC1 and MEOX2, are particularly relevant to tumor development and maintenance. This finding, coupled with evidence...
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