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Emerging Therapeutic Implications of STK11 Mutation: Case Series.
The oncologist - 1 Sept 2020
Laderian Bahar, Mundi Prabhjot, Fojo Tito, E Bates Susan
Abstract excerpt
STK11 was first recognized as a tumor suppressor gene in the late 1990s based on linkage analysis of patients with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome. STK11 encodes LKB1, an intracellular serine-threonine kinase involved in cellular metabolism, cell polarization, regulation of apoptosis, and DNA damage response. Recurrent somatic loss-of-function mutations occur in multiple cancer types, most notably in 13% of lung...
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