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Histopathologic and molecular characterization of BAP-1-inactivated melanoma.
Journal of cutaneous pathology - 1 Apr 2023
Miller Elisabeth M, Linos Konstantinos, Bacchi Carlos E, Gru Alejandro A, Raghavan Shyam S
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BACKGROUND: BRCA1-associated protein 1 (BAP-1) is a deubiquitylase that functions as a tumor suppressor, regulating multiple cellular processes including cell cycle control, differentiation, cell death, and DNA repair. BAP-1-inactivated melanocytic tumors (BIMTs) have recently been described and are characterized by epithelioid cytomorphology, are often clonal in appearance, and typically do not recur or show...
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