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Serpine2/PN-1 Is Required for Proliferative Expansion of Pre-Neoplastic Lesions and Malignant Progression to Medulloblastoma.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Vaillant Catherine, Valdivieso Paola, Nuciforo Sandro, Kool Marcel, Schwarzentruber-Schauerte Alexandra, Méreau Hélène, Cabuy Erik, Lobrinus Johannes A, Pfister Stefan, Zuniga Aimée, Frank Stephan, Zeller Rolf
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BACKGROUND: Medulloblastomas are malignant childhood brain tumors that arise due to the aberrant activity of developmental pathways during postnatal cerebellar development and in adult humans. Transcriptome analysis has identified four major medulloblastoma subgroups. One of them, the Sonic hedgehog (SHH) subgroup, is caused by aberrant Hedgehog signal transduction due to mutations in the Patched1 (PTCH1)...
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