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A Transcriptionally Inactive ATF2 Variant Drives Melanomagenesis.
Cell reports - 31 May 2016
Claps Giuseppina, Cheli Yann, Zhang Tongwu, Scortegagna Marzia, Lau Eric, Kim Hyungsoo, Qi Jianfei, Li Jian-Liang, James Brian, Dzung Andreas, Levesque Mitchell P, Dummer Reinhard, Hayward Nicholas K, Bosenberg Marcus, Brown Kevin M, Ronai Ze'ev A
Abstract excerpt
Melanoma is one of the most lethal cutaneous malignancies, characterized by chemoresistance and a striking propensity to metastasize. The transcription factor ATF2 elicits oncogenic activities in melanoma, and its inhibition attenuates melanoma development. Here, we show that expression of a transcriptionally inactive form of Atf2 (Atf2(Δ8,9)) promotes development of melanoma in mouse models. Atf2(Δ8,9)-driven...
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