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Cell cultures in uterine leiomyomas: rapid disappearance of cells carrying MED12 mutations.
Genes, chromosomes & cancer - 1 Apr 2014
Nadine Markowski Dominique, Tadayyon Mahboobeh, Bartnitzke Sabine, Belge Gazanfer, Maria Helmke Burkhard, Bullerdiek Jörn
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Uterine leiomyomas (UL) are the most frequent symptomatic human tumors. Nevertheless, their molecular pathogenesis is not yet fully understood. To learn more about the biology of these common neoplasms and their response to treatment, cell cultures derived from UL are a frequently used model system, but until recently appropriate genetic markers confirming their origin from the tumor cell population were lacking...
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