Article
Identical germline mutations in the TMEM127 gene in two unrelated Japanese patients with bilateral pheochromocytoma.
Clinical endocrinology - 1 Nov 2012
Takeichi Naomi, Midorikawa Sanae, Watanabe Atsushi, Naing Banyar Than, Tamura Hideki, Wakakuri-Kano Toshiko, Ishizaki Akira, Sugihara Hitoshi, Nissato Sumiko, Saito Yuria, Aita Yuichi, Ishii Kiyo-aki, Igarashi Takehito, Kawakami Yasushi, Hara Hisato, Ikeda Tatsuhiko, Shimizu Kazuo, Suzuki Shinichi, Shimano Hitoshi, Kawamoto Masashi, Shimada Takashi, Watanabe Tsuyoshi, Oikawa Shinichi, Takekoshi Kazuhiro
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Recently, TMEM127 was shown to be a new pheochromocytoma susceptibility gene; this is consistent with its function as a tumour suppressor gene (Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2009, 94, 2817). Most pheochromocytomas arise from the adrenal medulla, and in approximately...
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