Article
[The RET gene in thyroid pathology].
Archives d'anatomie et de cytologie pathologiques - 1 Jan 1998
Michiels F M, Billaud M
Abstract excerpt
The RET proto-oncogene encodes a receptor tyrosine kinase which plays a crucial role during the embryonic development of the enteric nervous system and of the kidney. Cytogenetic analyses of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), a neoplasm which originates from thyrocytes, have revealed that somatic...
Topics
- Animals
- Carcinoma, Medullary
- Carcinoma, Papillary
- Drosophila Proteins
- Humans
- Mice
- Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2a
- Mutation
- Proto-Oncogene Mas
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ret
- Proto-Oncogenes
