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Lynch syndrome, molecular mechanisms and variant classification.
British journal of cancer - 1 Mar 2023
Abildgaard Amanda B, Nielsen Sofie V, Bernstein Inge, Stein Amelie, Lindorff-Larsen Kresten, Hartmann-Petersen Rasmus
Abstract excerpt
Patients with the heritable cancer disease, Lynch syndrome, carry germline variants in the MLH1, MSH2, MSH6 and PMS2 genes, encoding the central components of the DNA mismatch repair system. Loss-of-function variants disrupt the DNA mismatch repair system and give rise to a detrimental increase in the cellular mutational burden and cancer development. The treatment prospects for Lynch syndrome rely heavily on...
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