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Fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 activation plays a causative role in urothelial cancer pathogenesis in cooperation with Pten loss in mice.
The Journal of pathology - 1 Jun 2014
Foth Mona, Ahmad Imran, van Rhijn Bas W G, van der Kwast Theodorus, Bergman Andre M, King Louise, Ridgway Rachel, Leung Hing Y, Fraser Sioban, Sansom Owen J, Iwata Tomoko
Abstract excerpt
Although somatic mutations and overexpression of the tyrosine kinase fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 (FGFR3) are strongly associated with bladder cancer, evidence for their functional involvement in the pathogenesis remains elusive. Previously we showed that activation of Fgfr3 alone is not sufficient to initiate urothelial tumourigenesis in mice. Here we hypothesize that cooperating mutations are required...
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