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LKB1 preserves genome integrity by stimulating BRCA1 expression.
Nucleic acids research - 1 Jan 2015
Gupta Romi, Liu Alex Y, Glazer Peter M, Wajapeyee Narendra
Abstract excerpt
Serine/threonine kinase 11 (STK11, also known as LKB1) functions as a tumor suppressor in many human cancers. However, paradoxically loss of LKB1 in mouse embryonic fibroblast results in resistance to oncogene-induced transformation. Therefore, it is unclear why loss of LKB1 leads to increased predisposition to develop a wide variety of cancers. Here, we show that LKB1 protects cells from genotoxic stress. Cells...
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