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Loss of vhl in the zebrafish pronephros recapitulates early stages of human clear cell renal cell carcinoma.
Disease models & mechanisms - 1 Aug 2016
Noonan Haley R, Metelo Ana M, Kamei Caramai N, Peterson Randall T, Drummond Iain A, Iliopoulos Othon
Abstract excerpt
Patients with von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease harbor a germline mutation in the VHL gene leading to the development of several tumor types including clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC). In addition, the VHL gene is inactivated in over 90% of sporadic ccRCC cases. 'Clear cell' tumors contain large, proliferating cells with 'clear cytoplasm', and a reduced number of cilia. VHL inactivation leads to the...
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