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Angiomyolipoma have common mutations in TSC2 but no other common genetic events.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2011
Qin Wei, Bajaj Vineeta, Malinowska Izabela, Lu Xin, MacConaill Laura, Wu Chin-Lee, Kwiatkowski David J
Abstract excerpt
Renal angiomyolipoma are part of the PEComa family of neoplasms, and occur both in association with Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC) and independent of that disorder. Previous studies on the molecular genetic alterations that occur in angiomyolipoma are very limited. We evaluated 9 angiomyolipoma for which frozen tissue was available from a consecutive surgical series. Seven of 8 samples subjected to RT-PCR-cDNA...
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