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Detection of PAX8-PPARG fusion transcripts in archival thyroid carcinoma samples by conventional RT-PCR.
Genes, chromosomes & cancer - 1 Apr 2012
Klemke Markus, Drieschner Norbert, Belge Gazanfer, Burchardt Käte, Junker Klaus, Bullerdiek Jörn
Abstract excerpt
The t(2;3)(q13;p25) occurs in a subgroup of follicular-patterned thyroid tumors and leads to a fusion of the genes encoding for the thyroid-specific transcription factor paired box 8 (PAX8) and the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARγ). Although initially discovered in follicular carcinomas (FTC), the fusion transcripts were also detected in a small fraction of follicular adenomas and rarely in...
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