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APOBEC mediated mutagenesis drives genomic heterogeneity in endometriosis.
Journal of human genetics - 1 Jun 2022
Revathidevi Sundaramoorthy, Nakaoka Hirofumi, Suda Kazuaki, Fujito Naoko, Munirajan Arasambattu Kannan, Yoshihara Kosuke, Enomoto Takayuki, Inoue Ituro
Abstract excerpt
Endometriosis is a benign gynecologic condition, acting as a precursor of certain histological subtypes of ovarian cancers. The epithelial cells of endometriotic tissues and normal uterine endometrium accumulated somatic mutations in cancer-associated genes such as phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit alpha (PIK3CA) and Kirsten rat sarcoma (KRAS) proto-oncogene. To determine the...
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