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Overexpression of wild type or a Q311E mutant MB21D2 promotes a pro-oncogenic phenotype in HNSCC.
Molecular oncology - 1 Dec 2020
Gracilla Daniel E, Korla Praveen Kumar, Lai Ming-Tsung, Chiang An-Jen, Liou Wen-Shiung, Sheu Jim Jinn-Chyuan
Abstract excerpt
Cadherin-mediated cell-cell contacts regulated by intracellular binders play critical roles in tissue homeostasis and tumorigenesis. Here, we screened mutational profiles of 312 annotated genes involved in cadherin binding in human squamous cell carcinomas and found MB21D2 to carry a unique recurrent Q311E mutation. MB21D2 overexpression was also frequently found in head and neck cancer (HNSCC) and was associated...
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