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Selective Ablation of Tumor Suppressors in Parafollicular C Cells Elicits Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 3 Mar 2017
Song Hai, Lin Chuwen, Yao Erica, Zhang Kuan, Li Xiaoling, Wu Qingzhe, Chuang Pao-Tien
Abstract excerpt
Among the four different types of thyroid cancer, treatment of medullary thyroid carcinoma poses a major challenge because of its propensity of early metastasis. To further investigate the molecular mechanisms of medullary thyroid carcinoma and discover candidates for targeted therapies, we developed a new mouse model of medullary thyroid carcinoma based on our CGRPCreER mouse line. This system enables gene...
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