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Somatic neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) inactivation characterizes NF1-associated pilocytic astrocytoma.
Genome research - 1 Mar 2013
Gutmann David H, McLellan Michael D, Hussain Ibrahim, Wallis John W, Fulton Lucinda L, Fulton Robert S, Magrini Vincent, Demeter Ryan, Wylie Todd, Kandoth Cyriac, Leonard Jeffrey R, Guha Abhijit, Miller Christopher A, Ding Li, Mardis Elaine R
Abstract excerpt
Low-grade brain tumors (pilocytic astrocytomas) arising in the neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) inherited cancer predisposition syndrome are hypothesized to result from a combination of germline and acquired somatic NF1 tumor suppressor gene mutations. However, genetically engineered mice (GEM) in which mono-allelic germline Nf1 gene loss is coupled with bi-allelic somatic (glial progenitor cell) Nf1 gene...
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