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Loss of the Birt–Hogg–Dubé tumor suppressor results in apoptotic resistance due to aberrant TGFβ-mediated transcription
24 Jan 2011
Abstract excerpt
Birt-Hogg-Dubé (BHD) syndrome is an inherited cancer susceptibility disease characterized by skin and kidney tumors, as well as cystic lung disease, which results from loss-of-function mutations in the BHD gene. BHD is also inactivated in a significant fraction of patients with sporadic renal cancers and idiopathic cystic lung disease, and little is known about its mode of action. To investigate the molecular and...
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