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MAX to MYCN intracellular ratio drives the aggressive phenotype and clinical outcome of high risk neuroblastoma.
Biochimica et biophysica acta. Gene regulatory mechanisms - 1 Mar 2018
Ferrucci Francesca, Ciaccio Roberto, Monticelli Sara, Pigini Paolo, di Giacomo Simone, Purgato Stefania, Erriquez Daniela, Bernardoni Roberto, Norris Murray, Haber Michelle, Milazzo Giorgio, Perini Giovanni
Abstract excerpt
Childhood neuroblastoma, a disease of the sympathetic nervous system, is the most common solid tumour of infancy, remarkably refractory to therapeutic treatments. One of the most powerful independent prognostic indicators for this disease is the amplification of the MYCN oncogene, which occurs at high levels in approximately 25% of neuroblastomas. Interestingly, amplification and not just expression of MYCN has a...
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