Mutations of the RET proto-oncogene in Hirschsprung's disease
✍ Scribed by Edery, Patrick; Lyonnet, Stanislas; Mulligan, Lois M.; Pelet, Anna; Dow, Eleanore; Abel, Laurent; Holder, Susan; Nihoul-Fékété, Claire; Ponder, Bruce A. J.; Munnich, Arnold
- Book ID
- 109787531
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 420 KB
- Volume
- 367
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0028-0836
- DOI
- 10.1038/367378a0
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Germline mutations of the RET proto-oncogene have been found in familial and sporadic forms of Hirschsprung disease (HSCR), but also in the autosomal dominantly inherited multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 (MEN2) syndromes, which comprise the medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) as an obligatory featu
## Communicated by Martin Bobrow The RET proto-oncogene codes for a receptor tyrosine kinase thought to play a role in the development of neural crest and its derivatives. Mutations in the RET proto-oncogene have been found in patients with the multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 syndromes (MEN 2)