[Genetic bases of cutaneous tumors].

Article

[Genetic bases of cutaneous tumors].

Annales de dermatologie et de venereologie - 1 Jan 1995

Basset-Séguin N, Dereure O, Guillot B

Abstract excerpt

Carcinogenesis is a multigenic phenomenon where 3 prevailing types of genes are involved: oncogenes which stimulate the cell proliferation, tumor suppressor genes which act as inhibitors and metastagenes which contribute to the tumor progress. In animal models it has been shown that epithelial sk...

Topics

Cell Transformation, Neoplastic
Genes, Tumor Suppressor
Humans
Melanocytes
Melanoma
Mutation
Oncogenes
Skin Neoplasms

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