Merlin-Deficient Human Tumors Show Loss of Contact Inhibition and Activation of Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling Linked to the PDGFR/Src and Rac/PAK Pathways

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Neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2) is an inherited predisposition cancer syndrome characterized by the development of multiple benign tumors in the nervous system including schwannomas, meningiomas, and ependymomas. Using a disease model comprising primary human schwannoma cells, we previously demonstrated that adherens junctions (AJs) are impaired in schwannoma cells because of a ubiquitous, upregulated Rac...

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