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Telomere dysfunction in Tert knockout mice delays BrafV600E -induced melanoma development.
International journal of cancer - 1 Feb 2024
Zhang Jinglong, Zhang Fan, Porter Kenneth I, Dakup Panshak P, Wang Shuwen, Robertson Gavin P, Gaddameedhi Shobhan, Zhu Jiyue
Abstract excerpt
Telomerase activation is a crucial step in melanomagenesis, often occurring because of ultraviolet radiation (UVR)-induced mutations at the telomerase gene (TERT) promoter and rendering TERT transcription in response to the activated Raf-MAP kinase pathway by BRAFV600E mutation. Due to the excessively long telomeres in mice, this process does not occur during melanomagenesis in mouse models. To investigate the...
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