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A Braf kinase-inactive mutant induces lung adenocarcinoma.
Nature - 10 Aug 2017
Nieto Patricia, Ambrogio Chiara, Esteban-Burgos Laura, Gómez-López Gonzalo, Blasco María Teresa, Yao Zhan, Marais Richard, Rosen Neal, Chiarle Roberto, Pisano David G, Barbacid Mariano, Santamaría David
Abstract excerpt
The initiating oncogenic event in almost half of human lung adenocarcinomas is still unknown, a fact that complicates the development of selective targeted therapies. Yet these tumours harbour a number of alterations without obvious oncogenic function including BRAF-inactivating mutations. Inactivating BRAF mutants in lung predominate over the activating V600E mutant that is frequently observed in other tumour...
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