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Loss of SOX10 function contributes to the phenotype of human Merlin-null schwannoma cells.
Brain : a journal of neurology - 1 Feb 2013
Doddrell Robin D S, Dun Xin-Peng, Shivane Aditya, Feltri M Laura, Wrabetz Lawrence, Wegner Michael, Sock Elisabeth, Hanemann C Oliver, Parkinson David B
Abstract excerpt
Loss of the Merlin tumour suppressor causes abnormal de-differentiation and proliferation of Schwann cells and formation of schwannoma tumours in patients with neurofibromatosis type 2. Within the mature peripheral nerve the normal development, differentiation and maintenance of myelinating and non-myelinating Schwann cells is regulated by a network of transcription factors that include SOX10, OCT6 (now known as...
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