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IDH mutations in liver cell plasticity and biliary cancer.
Cell cycle (Georgetown, Tex.) - 1 Jan 2014
Saha Supriya K, Parachoniak Christine A, Bardeesy Nabeel
Abstract excerpt
Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) is an aggressive cancer associated with the bile ducts within the liver. These tumors are characterized by frequent gain-of-function mutations in the isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 and 2 (IDH1 and IDH2) genes-that are also common in subsets of neural, haematopoietic and bone tumors, but rare or absent in the other types of gastrointestinal malignancy. Mutant IDH acts through a...
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