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Decreased expression of the p16/MTS1 gene without mutation is frequent in human urinary bladder carcinomas.
Japanese journal of clinical oncology - 1 Feb 1997
Asamoto M, Iwahori Y, Okamura T, Shirai T, Tsuda H
Abstract excerpt
The p16 (CDKN2,MTS1) gene is located at 9p21 and its product, p16, inhibits the cyclin D/CDK4 complex. Loss of heterozygosity on chromosome 9p is very common in human bladder carcinomas and has been found in all stages of lesions, suggesting that it occurs early in bladder tumor progression. Several studies have revealed frequent homozygous deletion of the p16 gene in cell lines, and that such deletions are also...
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