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MEK inhibition reduced vascular tumor growth and coagulopathy in a mouse model with hyperactive GNAQ.
Nature communications - 6 Apr 2023
Schrenk Sandra, Bischoff Lindsay J, Goines Jillian, Cai Yuqi, Vemaraju Shruti, Odaka Yoshinobu, Good Samantha R, Palumbo Joseph S, Szabo Sara, Reynaud Damien, Van Raamsdonk Catherine D, Lang Richard A, Boscolo Elisa
Abstract excerpt
Activating non-inherited mutations in the guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(q) subunit alpha (GNAQ) gene family have been identified in childhood vascular tumors. Patients experience extensive disfigurement, chronic pain and severe complications including a potentially lethal coagulopathy termed Kasabach-Merritt phenomenon. Animal models for this class of vascular tumors do not exist. This has severely...
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