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The thyroid cancer PAX8-PPARG fusion protein activates Wnt/TCF-responsive cells that have a transformed phenotype.
Endocrine-related cancer - 1 Oct 2013
Vu-Phan Dang, Grachtchouk Vladimir, Yu Jingcheng, Colby Lesley A, Wicha Max S, Koenig Ronald J
Abstract excerpt
A chromosomal translocation results in the production of a paired box 8-peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PAX8-PPARG) fusion protein (PPFP) in ∼35% of follicular thyroid carcinomas. To examine the role of PPFP in thyroid oncogenesis, the fusion protein was stably expressed in the...
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