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Dual faces of SH2-containing protein-tyrosine phosphatase Shp2/PTPN11 in tumorigenesis.
Frontiers of medicine - 1 Sept 2012
Li Shuangwei, Hsu Diane DiFang, Wang Hongyang, Feng Gen-Sheng
Abstract excerpt
PTPN11, which encodes tyrosine phosphatase Shp2, is a critical gene mediating cellular responses to hormones and cytokines. Against original prediction as tumor suppressor for tyrosine phosphatases, PTPN11 was first identified as a proto-oncogene because activating mutations of this gene are asso...
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